Industrialization & Immigration 1850s 1920s

Essential Questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. How did industrialization change society and the environment?

What was the draw to immigrate to the US? What was life like for immigrants? How does past immigration issues relate to todays immigration issues?

Vocabulary Natural Resources Industrialization Cuyahoga River Horizontal Integration Vertical Integration National Child Labor Committee

14th Amendment Amnesty Homestead Act Ellis Island Angel Island National Origins Act Tenement

Day 1: Industrialization

(Tuesday, February 4)

Lecture: Students will take quick notes on 2nd Industrial Revolution

Day 2: Child Labor Laws and Work Conditions

(Wednesday, February 5)

Warm Up: Students will see a PowerPoint showing pictures about child labor from Lewis Hine Reading: Students will complete a short reading on Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution then answer questions Reading: Students will read an excerpt from The Jungle and answer questions

Day 3: Industrialization QUIZ | Immigration Webquest

(Thursday, February 6)

Quiz on Industrialization Webquest: Students will complete iCivics Webquest to learn common terms and basic ideas about immigration to guide the unit

Day 4: Homestead Act

(Monday, February 10)

Warm Up: What are push and pull factors? Examples? Simulation: Students will discuss whether or not they would move to XR-38 and then discuss reasons Reading: Students will complete a reading on the Homestead Act and make connections to the simulation

Day 5: Immigration Timeline

(Tuesday, February 11)

Warm Up: What is the Homestead Act? Was it a push or pull factor? Webquest: Students will complete the Immigration Timeline Webquest to learn about important movements in immigration

Day 6: Immigration Reading

(Wednesday, February 12)

Warm Up: What is the National Origins Act? Reading: Students will begin reading Immigration and Urbanization and take notes on the reading. Students will also answer the check-point questions and questions four and five on page 79. Homework: Complete the reading & questions.

Day 7: Ellis Island Tour

(Thursday, February 13)

Warm Up: Immigration Reading Continued: Review & turn in homework, including the check-point questions and questions two, four, five, and six on page 79. Warm Up: What were two challenges faced by immigrants when they arrived to the US? Webquest: Students will begin the Ellis Island Webquest while taking a virtual tour of the facility.

Day 8: Ellis Island Tour

(Friday, February 14)

Warm Up: What was shocking about the tour so far? Webquest: Students will finish the Ellis Island Webquest while taking a virtual tour of the facility. Reading: Students will complete a reading on Americas Fear of Outsiders and the answer the questions on the worksheet