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The
Immigration to the U.S. Late 1800s-Early 1900s Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source that are printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.
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Immigration to the U.S. Late 1800s-Early 1900s Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet Common Core State Standards!
Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. Students make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Students learn how to integrate and evaluate information to deepen their understanding of historical events. As a result, students experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
The 20 documents in the
Immigration to the U.S. Late 1800s-Early 1900s Primary Sources Pack are:
1. Painting titled The Emigrants by S. V. Helander - depicts a young Swedish farmer bidding farewell to friends and relatives - 19th century
2. Illustration of Irish immigrants to New York withdrawing money from the Emigrant Savings Bank to send to relatives in Ireland - 1880
3. Political cartoon depicting Uncle Sam on the "U.S. Ark of Refuge" welcoming immigrants, with cloud "War"; over them - 1880
4. Political cartoon depicting prejudice against Chinese immigrants - 1882
5. Poster promoting White Star Line - British shipping company that brought many immigrants to America - circa late 1800s
6. Newspaper illustration depicting an ocean steamer with immigrants on board passing the Statue of Liberty - 1887
7. Newspaper illustration of crowd of Italian immigrants in New York City arriving to work as contract laborers in coal mines - 1888
8. Map showing distribution of foreign-born population in the United States - 1890
9. Photograph of laundry hanging from clotheslines in a New York City tenement yard - circa 1900
10. Photograph depicting the eye exam administered at Ellis Island - circa 1900
11. Photograph of Mulberry Street in Little Italy section of New York City - circa 1900
12. Document showing U.S. immigration figures for 1903
13. Photograph of immigrants on the deck of the S.S. Patricia, an Atlantic liner - 1906
14. Photograph of Jewish immigrant family working on piecework in the kitchen of their tenement home - 1912
15. Photograph of Polish immigrant family working on farm near Baltimore, Maryland - 1909
16. Photograph of Asian immigrants arriving at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, California - circa 1910
17. Photograph of Greek emigrants getting into small boats on their way to a steamship bound for America - 1910
18. WWI poster encouraging newly arrived immigrants to support the U.S. government and buy Liberty Bonds to fund the war effort - 1917
19. U.S. government poster offering help to educate immigrants - 1922
20. Aerial photograph of Ellis Island (foreground) in Upper New York Bay - 2014
Your students will:
• think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
• participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer's interpretations.
• integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
• experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.