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Weekly Plans 11.10- 11.14 END OF IMMIGRATION, START OF PROGRESSIVE ERA MR. ARMSTRONG Slide 2 Monday, November 10 th Topic/ Focus: Immigration & Urbanization UNIT TEST AIM #16: What were the causes and effects of the Era of Immigration in the United States? DO NOW: 1. Copy down tonights HW (1 paragraph on the era of Immigration & Urbanization) - Ill explain the directions in greater depth before class is over 2. Take 2-3 minutes to review any study materials 3. Begin Unit Test; Immigration & Urbanization Slide 3 HW: Paragraph Directions: Write a one paragraph explanation or historical context on the Era of Immigration & Urbanization Here are some suggestions on what to include in your paragraph: Reasons for immigration to the US What types of messages was the US sending to immigrants early on and how did those messages change? How immigrants were treated upon arriving in the US? How did mass immigration lead to urbanization? What were cities like during the late 1800s/ early 1900s? This paragraph will be used for an activity we complete on Thursday Slide 4 Wednesday | November 12 th Topic/ Focus: Push & Pull Why They Came AIM #15: Why did immigrants believe our streets were paved with gold? DO NOW: 1. Submit Mondays HW (Immigration & Urbanization Historical Overview Paragraphs) to bin in back of the room 2. Copy down tonights HW (At bottom of todays packet, page 1) 3. Wait for todays video to begin and answer the questions/ prompts on the front of todays packet - Be ready to discuss your findings with a partner and as a class Slide 5 America: The Story of Us Faces of America Slide 6 Possible DO NOW Answers 1. Free, ambitious, giving, generosity, determination, freedom, democracy, leaders 2. This is nation of immigrants / Nation of nations 3. Pro-Immigration Focuses primarily on the pull factors as to why people would come to America. Slide 7 Group Work: Arrange the desks into the following groups and begin breaking down the primary source accounts of immigration to the United States. Group AGroup BGroup C Primary Source 1 & 4Primary Source 2 & 5Primary Source 3 & 6 Owen Kyle Isabella Motti Kate Ben Gina Marisa Ryan Ish Neyda Fran Isabella Melkonian Fayfay Polis Emily Slide 8 Discussing Push & Pull Factors Push Factors for leaving the homelandPull Factors for immigrating to the United States Slide 9 Discussing Push & Pull Factors Push Factors for leaving the homelandPull Factors for immigrating to the United States No jobs (English, Chinese, Irish, Russians and Italians) Overcrowded cities (Russians and Italians) No land (Irish and Italians) Religious persecution (Russians) Poverty (English, Chinese, Irish, Russians & Italians) Famine and Hunger (Irish) Unfair governments (English, Chinese, Irish and Russians) Opportunity -Own land -Find Work Reasonable prices Adventure Equality -Religious Freedom -Democracy Safety Slide 10 Before you leave Idealism vs. Realism Directions: On an index card, answer the following question on an index card and submit it before leaving class: Were most immigrants vision/dream of America fulfilled or realized? Use supporting evidence from todays lesson and previous material covered in/outside of class to support your claim.