US History 10/07Historical Immigration: Document Activity

Entrance Ticket 10/07Many private universities depend heavily on -------, the wealthy individuals who support them with gifts and bequests.

(A) instructors

(B) administrators

(C) monitors

(D) accountants

(E) benefactors

Essential QuestionsHow has immigration changed throughout history?

What do today’s immigrants have in common with immigrants who arrived in the 19th and 20th centuries?

What challenges have immigrants faced?

Objectives

Students will compare and contrast multiple primary documents.

Students will work collaboratively to analyze primary sources.

Agenda 10/07Essential Terms

Lecture

Primary Source Activity

Debrief Primary Source Activity

Exit Ticket

Essential TermsPrimary Source:

an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study.

Other Primary Sources:

Other Primary Sources:

Essential TermsSecondary Source:

a document or recording that presents information originally presented elsewhere.

How has immigration changed throughout history?

Patterns of Immigration

Waves of Immigration

3 Waves of Immigration to the US:

1st Wave: 1840s-1880s

2nd Wave: 1880s-1910

3rd Wave: 1965-present

1st Wave (1840s – 1880s)

Main Groups: Irish, German, English and Scandinavian

1st wave also included about 300,000 Chinese people

Chinese immigration stopped in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act

2nd Wave Immigration (1880s-1910)

Like 1st wave immigrants, mostly poor

More numerous than 1st wave1870s: 2.8 million1880s: 5.2 million1900-1910: 8.8 million

Arrived from: Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia, Greece, Syria, Mexico + continued coming from 1st wave countries

Italian immigrants to the US, circa 1915.

2nd Wave Immigration (1880s-1910)

Many hoped to work in US and return home with wealthy, but vast majority changed their minds and stayed.

Substantial trend of return migration to Asia and Europe

1st and 2nd Wave Immigrants

Many settled in cities, particularly older, denser areas of cities

New York’s Lower East Side

Boston’s North End

Chicago’s West Side

Los Angeles’ East Side

1st and 2nd Wave ImmigrantsImmigrant enclaves quickly developed

Little Italy

Bohemiatown

Whole villages came from Italy to neighborhoods in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago

Hester Street, Lower East Side, New York.

Ethnic NeighborhoodsImportant institutions in immigrants’ lives

Supported ethnic businesses, churches, aid organizations, and newspapers

Immigrants developed networks that helped them survive

New York’s Little Italy, circa 1900

TAKE-AWAYS:

Small Group Work:Comparing Primary Documents

30 minutes

Debrief: Primary Source Comparison

Exit Ticket 10/07

What’s the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?