1. Warm-Up - 1/6/17
Read along with the lyrics at your table while you listen to the song “Don’t Bite the Hand That’s Feeding You”.
Prepare to Discuss the Questions:
How would you describe the song?
What is the mood of the song?
What history is revealed in the song?
What feelings and thoughts does the song trigger in you?
If you were an immigrant in America, how would the song make you feel?

2. Learning Target:
I will analyze why certain ethnic groups migrated to the United States during Industrialization and where these groups settled.
Success Criteria:
I will explain the significance of the Irish, Chinese, and Germans in the growth of the United States.   

3. Popcorn Reading
Using the reading at your table titled “Immigration to the U.S.”, we will read together to understand WHY PEOPLE IMMIGRATED (left their homes and went to another place) in the early-1800s.
STOP AND DISCUSS:
What were some of the reasons for immigration to the United States.
Why was there tension between immigrants and nativists?
Know that you would face discrimination and hardships, would you have emigrated to the United States? Why or why not?

4. For Your Information Immigration Migration
leaving one place (a foreign country) and moving to another to make a new residence. i.e. Britain to the United States
Migration is moving within a place. i.e. Dallas to California

5. Contributions to the U.S.
Anchor Charts
Traditions
You will create a diagram like the example for the following immigrant groups:
Germans
Irish
Chinese
Ex.
GERMANY
Contributions to the U.S.
Where did they settle?
Why they came to the U.S.

6. Group Share
Share your findings with the entire class. Post your anchor charts to the wall.