1. Chapter 1 Section 1 Being an America

2. Bell Ringer-write it on a piece of paper
Pick One question and answer it in full sentences
1. What do you now about your family history?
2. Where did your family come from?
3.Why would individuals want to live in the United States of America?
4. When did your family come to America and why?
Complete vocabulary for each word in chapter 1-4 section 1 (what you do not finish in the time allowed will be homework

3. SWBAT=Students will be able to
What are the objectives for the day?
SWBAT explain the areas where Americans came from
SWBAT analyze the transformation of the American population
SWBAT explain what Americans value and why

4. Focus the following guided question: From what areas did early Americans come?
Notes:
A Diverse Population:
People in the US share many traditions but they also share individual traditions brought from other countries
About 13% of all Americans were born in other countries
Foreign-born people are Immigrants: people who move permanently to a new country

5. Task:
Create a list of reasons why people would leave their native country

6. Read the second paragraph on page 4-write down two facts about the U.S. population mentioned in the paragraph
Lets share out two facts that you all pulled out of the paragraph

7. As we read the next couple of paragraphs, With the person sitting next to you Create a timeline about the History of Immigration
1500s: Spanish made first permanent homes in America
1600s: People from France, Netherlands, and England came to North America
1700s: people started to arrive from Germany, Sweden, Ireland, and Scotland
1807: Congress passed a law that stopped the practice of bring enslaved people to U.S.
1830: more then 5 million came to USA, mostly from Ireland and Germany
1848: Gold was discovered-thousands of new immigrants came from China
: 22 million Immigrants came from Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia
1900: large portion of immigrants came from Asia and Latin America

8. Task: Complete the following question in complete sentences, by yourself
What trend in the 1980s and 1990s is described in the paragraph?

9. What trend in the 1980s and 1990s is described in the paragraph?
More immigrants from Asia and Latin America
More than half of all the people in the US who were born in another country come from Latin America

10. Ongoing transformation
Between 1830 and 1930, the nations population grew from about 12 million people to nearly 120 million people
What were two things these new immigrants brought to America?

11. Over the years, the American population changed in other ways
People began moving from rural areas to cities
Business owners were building new industries that needed more workers
They paid higher wages
People left farms for cities

12. After the Civil War..
African Americans who had been enslaved were freed
Many left the south for northern cities in hopes of finding jobs

13. By the 1920s more then half of all Americans lived in towns or cities
Blue Collar Workers: term refers to those who worked in factories
White Collar Workers: term refers to those who worked in schools, offices, and stores

14. Over the past few decades, the working world has continued to change
More women were in the labor force
# of factory jobs decreased
# of service jobs increased

15. Read the first paragraph under “Values and Institutions”
Write a definition of the word Value

16. Vales are important because they influence how people act
Values are broad ideas about what is good or desirable and what is bad or not desirable
Vales are important because they influence how people act
Shared values help unite all Americans
These shared values include:
Freedom
Equality
Opportunity
Justice
Democracy
Unity
Respect for one another
Tolerance

17. Based on the definition, what are your personal values?
Where did you learn these values?
Do you believe they are similar to your peers?

18. Our shared values are reflected in the important institutions of American Life
Institutions are the key practices, relationships, and organizations in a society
Create a list of at least four institutions in your life

19. The most important institution in American life is the family
The family is the center of social life
In families, parents and older family members teach children their values, both personal and national

20. American government institutions reflect how strongly Americans value freedom
Freedom is the right to make one’s own choices in life without interference from the government
The American government is based on popular sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty means the government receives its power from the people
The Constitution makes sure the government is limited in power