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Goudy, Chicago School 6th grade Immigration Journey Project, The trip can be hard
6th grade Immigration Journey Project
The Journey’s Travel,
The Trip Can Be Hard
Scratch art, black Sharpie markers
6 in H x 6 in W
2011

All three 6th grade classrooms were reading stories around the theme of immigration, migration and refugee’s journey.
Class two students interpreted and analyzed the artwork Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz, and The Train Station by Walter Ellison, to explore how artists communicated the theme journey.
Each student would create a symbol that represented a part of a journey.
This exact symbol image would then be created in 4 different medias