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Task Answer the questions and be prepared to discuss your responses with the class. Objective: Students will evaluate primary source document from the Big Business Era. Relevance: The industrial boom is the basis for America becoming a World Power in the 20 th century.
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Chart: Rise of Immigrants (Comprehension) 1) Write two facts that you can learn from this chart.
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(Comprehension) 2) What areas have the highest and lowest concentrations of immigrants? (Analyze) 3) What would you attribute this discrepancy to?
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RELIGION BIRTHPLACE REASONS DESTINATION OCCUPATION RELIGION BIRTHPLACE REASONS DESTINATION OCCUPATION ProtestantCatholic and Jewish North/Western Southern/Eastern EuropeEurope Both escaping poverty, religious and political persecution Moved to farmsMoved to cities in the in the MidwestNortheast Became farmersUnskilled workers ProtestantCatholic and Jewish North/Western Southern/Eastern EuropeEurope Both escaping poverty, religious and political persecution Moved to farmsMoved to cities in the in the MidwestNortheast Became farmersUnskilled workers Old vs New Immigrants (Analyze) 4. Write a comparison statement about Old and New Immigrants, based on the information in the chart.
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(Analyze) 5. What is the meaning of this cartoon?
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(Evaluate) 6. “What weight can my vote have against this flood of ignorance, stupidity and fraud?” Explain the meaning of this quote, based on the political cartoon.
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(Comprehension): 7. What is the main idea of this political cartoon? (Evaluate): 8. Explain how this represents the feelings towards immigrants of many in the US in the late 1800’s.
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(Analyze) 9. Explain the meaning of this cartoon.
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Cartoon: Immigration (Comprehension): What is the main idea of this political cartoon? (Evaluate): Explain how this represents the feelings towards immigrants of many in the US in the late 1800’s.
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Immigrants being used (Evaluate): 11. Interpret the documents main points.
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Homework (20 points) (Create) Option A: Write a story from the perspective of the children in the picture on the previous slide. (1 page in length) Option B: Create a politcal cartoon about the Big Business Era (1 blank page in size)
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