Lesson 1 - LearningThroughMuseums

• In Train Station, Walter Ellison uses trains to symbolize movement towards a brighter future and
hope for prosperity, a device several other African American artists (such as Jacob Lawrence) were
using as well.
You will find additional useful information from the following sources:
Web sites
• The Art Institute of Chicago
Further information about Train Station:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/105800
http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_AfAm/pages/AfAm_4.shtml
http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/museumstudies/ms242/portfolio5.shtml
Additional Web sites
• Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories
http://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/
• Lesson plan on Migration and Emigration:
http://www.moma.org/modernteachers/lesson.php?lessonID=64
• Migration: The African American Mosaic:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam008.html
• Migration Information Source:
http://www.migrationinformation.org/
• U.S. State Department’s Population, Refugees and Migration website:
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/
Printed Materials (available in the Art Institute’s Crown Family Educator Resource Center
http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/trc/index.html)
• The Art Institute of Chicago. African American Art. Art Institute of Chicago, Department of
Museum Education, 1997.
• The Art Institute of Chicago. Art on the Move. Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Museum
Education, 1996.
• The Art Institute of Chicago. Telling Images: Stories in Art. Art Institute of Chicago, Department of
Museum Education, 1996.
• The Art Institute of Chicago. Train Station. Poster Packet. Art Institute of Chicago, Department of
Museum Education, 2003.
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