Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Tuesday & Wednesday May 19th & 20th Days 86 & 87

Immigration

OBJECTIVE:

  1. Students will demonstrate the ability to recall various facts about the following:
    1. Various waves of immigration to the U.S.
    2. Why the immigrants left their homelands
    3. Why they chose to come to the U.S.
    4. Where they settled when they came

  2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the many difficulties that the immigrants faced when they arrived in America, and how these problems would be dealt with through charitable organizations and demands that the American government legislates reform.
  3. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the problems that exist today in America because of contemporary immigration policies, and define some possible solutions to these problems.
  4. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the many roles that immigrants have played in the development of the U.S. through the production of personal autobiography, family genealogy, biography, oral histories, and group research on a specific immigrant group.
  5. Students will demonstrate an ability to recall various facts concerning labor in the U.S.
  6. Students will demonstrate an ability to recall various facts concerning urbanization and industrialization of the U.S.
RATIONALE:
Understanding the past trials and tribulations of immigrants to the USA, will better equip students to address issues associated with immigration that continue to be a focal point in society and political decisions.

EVIDENCE: Making an informational population distribution map of immigrant history will provide students a better understanding of the regional characteristics of the current American political landscape


Immigration

Your work today will be to begin working on the Immigration history chart and fill-in the table provided with the information from the 4 Immigration summary articles below. As you fill-in the chart, you will also use the map of the USA to identify where immigrants relocated within the USA.

Pre-Wave Intro (posted on Google Classroom)

USA Relocation of Immigrants Activity (Posted on Google Classroom)
ELLIS ISLAND FOTONOVELA PROJECT - (Posted on Google Classroom)


Ellis Island Interactive Tour Site 
This site is the location where you will get the information for your fotonovela. The site takes you on a virtual tour of each stop along the journey to and through Ellis Island. You will use Google Slides, and make an 8.5 X 11 slide (portrait OR landscape) and make a visual tour with labeling on each of the images you use, reflecting what is occurring within the picture, as well as participant commentary. The link below will take you to the website where each step is described and explained. 

*Goal is to make an informational brochure that explains to prospective immigrants what they will encounter while arriving and proceeding through Ellis Island.

Immigration Map of the USA in 1903 
Select 5 states to research, 1 from the northeast, 1 from the southeast, 1 from the midwest, 1 from the southern states, and one from the west.

Which 2 states had the largest difference in population change from 1892 to 1903, and explain the difference?
Which state had the largest % of an individual occupation, and what occupation was it?
What country “sent” the most people for the 5 states you compared? And what was the number?
Which state saw the great increase in immigration into its borders of the 5 you selected? And what was the increase?
USA Population Distribution Map 1903
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