1. Industrialization & The Gilded Age

2. Entry task Please take out your textbook packet & grab a book.
You’ll have 20 minutes to finish this up.

3. Immigration
Think: What are some reasons people leave their home country & move to another place?
Push v. Pull Factors

4. Immigration Short reading on the Irish Potato Famine
Discussion on the Irish folk song “Kilkelly”

5. Irish potato famine Class read Annotate the text as we go
Highlight important info
Underline confusing parts
Write questions/comments in the margins

6. Irish folk song: Kilkelly
Read the text
Listen to the song
Discussion
How many years pass between the first and last letters?
What are some of the forces causing John to remain in the US rather than return to Ireland? Do you think that he wants to return?
Is there anything that you can think of that might cause you to want to move away from your home—family, friends, country—if it meant that you might never be able to return?
As we go, write down questions you have.