Chapter+7

Key Learning: The population rises as immigrants supply a willing workforce for urban industrialization and a political base for many urban politicians. Abuses in local and national government prompt calls for reform.

Essential Question: Why was urbanization on the rise and how did this impact life in cities across the United States?



Why do people immigrate? Discuss Push/Pull Factors Notes New Immigrants to Angel Island HW: Map of Immigration and Read Primary Source Doc (Italian Immigrant)

What is the difference between old and new immigrants? Review New Immigrants to Angel Island Notes Finish Section = Immigrant Experience Assignment (Computers: 2 days of class time)= Your assignment is to investigate the immigration of the United States, learn about their experiences, and make a scrapbook (wikispace) using the information you learn. We will be working on the computer, searching the internet, and using books as resources. You will work in triads to visit sites on immigration. These sites will provide information for you to complete your personal scrapbook about the experiences an immigrant might have had.

Your scrapbook (wikispace) will be a historical-fiction scrapbook using pictures, journal entries, letters, artifacts, inspection papers, currency, identification, etc...to answer the questions listed below. The questions are an outline to help you organize your information. Your scrapbook will consist of at least three drawings and three journal entries. 1. Who are your family members? What are their names, ages, and occupation or trades? 2. Why is your family leaving their homeland behind and risking so much to live in this new country? 3. Describe your experiences on the ship. How long was your journey? How were the conditions? 4. What possessions did you bring with you? Why did you choose those? 5.. Describe how you felt when you arrived in America? 6. Describe going through Ellis Island? What inspections did you have to go through? What difficulties did you have? ** Make passport Passport should include your picture, last name, first name, middle name, date of birth, place of birth, male or female, height, weight, color of eyes, color of hair, country coming from. ** 7. Where will you live now? What job will you have? What will you eat? 8. Think about all you have been through to risk coming to this country. Explain your feelings and thoughts. [|Liberty State Park] [|European Immigrant Journey] [|History Channel] [|Yahoo Ellis Island] [|America the Great Melting Pot] [|Scholastic's Tour] [|Arriving in America] [|Jump Back in Time] HW: Read 7-1

What are the pros and cons of city life? Discuss Urbanization at turn of Century Notes: