Lesson on Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

Aim: How did European immigrants of the late 1800s change American society?

Bell Ringer: Collect Labor Movement Editorial

Objectives:

1.Students will compare the experience of European immigrants in the east to that of Asian immigrants in the west.

2.Students will examine the importance of social change and reform in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries.

Agenda:

1.Bell Ringer (5 min)

2.Lesson Opening: Introduce students to the topic of urbanization and immigration by showing students a slideshow of images of New York City during the early 1900s, and asking them to identify and discuss characteristics of the growing city based on the images (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134408/Never-seen-photos-100-years-ago-tell-vivid-story-gritty-New-York-City.html ). (10 min)

3.Guide students through a question-and-answer preview of Chapter 4 “Urban America” in the McGraw-Hill textbook United States History & Geography to introduce the key concepts related to turn-of-the-century urbanization and immigration. Suggested prompts: (10 min)

o Look at the map on p. 112-113. What do the arrows indicate? Where were most immigrants coming from during these years? Where did Asian immigrants and European immigrants enter the United States?

o Look at the graph on page 115. Which group increased the most over time? Which push/pull factor do you think had the biggest impact?

o Look at the photographs on p. 119. What changes do you see in the images? How do these changes relate to industrialization?

4.Read pages 114-120 "Europeans Flood into America" and "Asian Immigrants" (10 min)

5.Journal 32 – How did Edward Steiner describe the immigrant experience of traveling to the United States? (10 min)

6.Complete "European Immigrants v. Asian Immigrants" Venn Diagram on Attachment B-3. (10 min)

Homework: 

1. Handout "The Capitalist Connection" Use the diagram below for this handout. 

2.Journal 33 – How did the experiences of immigrating to the United States compare for Chinese and Europeans? (Use venn diagram completed in class)