1. Describe the immigration trends for historical immigration 2. Summarize historical immigration in your own words and apply it to a fictional immigrant. Learning Targets
30,000-15,000 yrs. ago: The First Immigrants From Asia, crossed land bridge “Beringia” Settled across Americas Following food (Mammoth)
s: Colonization English, Africans, Scots, and Germans by 1790, 4 million Europeans & 1 million Africans settled on East Coast reasons to immigrate: o cheap labor o available land o religious and political freedom
Close your Notebooks! On your whiteboard, write down the three main reason people immigrated to America during colonial times. Compare at tables and discuss.
: First Wave of Immigration “old immigrants” - 15 million most from Northwestern Europe & some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships most from NW Europe; some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion
: First Wave of Immigration “old immigrants” - 15 million most from Northwestern Europe & some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships most from NW Europe; some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine
: First Wave of Immigration “old immigrants” - 15 million most from Northwestern Europe & some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution most from NW Europe; some Chinese
: First Wave of Immigration “old immigrants” - 15 million most from Northwestern Europe & some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act most from NW Europe; some Chinese
: First Wave of Immigration “old immigrants” - 15 million most from Northwestern Europe & some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad most from NW Europe; some Chinese
: First Wave of Immigration “old immigrants” - 15 million most from Northwestern Europe & some Chinese settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships settled in Midwest and West reasons to immigrate: o Westward Expansion o Potato Famine o Industrial Revolution o Homestead Act o Transcontinental Railroad o new steamships most from NW Europe; some Chinese
Close your Notebooks! Reflect on the reasons people immigrated during the First Wave. Which reason do you think caused the most immigrants to come and why? Write this on your whiteboard. Compare at tables.
: Second Wave of Immigration “new immigrants” - 15 million most from Eastern and Southern Europe settled in cities (Boston, NY, Chicago) reasons to immigrate: O Family o Factories o Ethnic Clustering o Russian Pogroms
Close your Notebooks Why do you think so many immigrants from the Second Wave settled in cities? Write this on your whiteboard. Share at tables!
Processing Reflect on today ’ s lesson without looking at your notes. On your whiteboard, write down everything you remember about historical immigration. Write as much as possible without looking at your notes! When you are done, look back at your notes to see what you missed and compare at tables.
Homework #1: 1. Explain three major differences between the first wave of immigration and the second. 2. Write a paragraph about an imaginary immigrant who came during the second wave (where from, why coming, where settled). DUE Tuesday, 9/13!