Irish+and+German+Immigration



Think/Write/Pair/Share - Think about your family history. Where did you or your family emigrate from? Why did you come to this country?
 * Do Now: **

Lesson:

1) Using the handout below, read the statements in the middle of the chart, checking off if you think the statements are true or false. Then read p. 273 to find out which statement is true and which is false.

[|immigration charts - updated.doc]

2) Define "pushes" and "pulls." Then fill out what caused the pushes and pulls of immigration for both Irish and German immigrants.



3) Picture Detective - pg. 273
 * Write down what you see in the picture
 * Ask a question about the picture
 * Summarize what the picture is about

4) Next, r ead the two sections "Hostility toward the Irish" and "A different German experience" in your textbooks from p. 274-275. Fill out the handout below with details on how Irish immigrants faced discrimination and how Germans did not have the same experience.


 * What were the reasons why the Irish were treated so harshly?
 * As the number of Irish immigrants grew in America, what grew in response by Americans?

[|Irish vs. German experiences.doc]

5) Fill out the Frayer model below on immigration today and immigration in the 1850s. What similarities are there between immigrants of today and immigrants of the 1850s?

[|Frayer model Immigration today and 1850s.doc]


 * Connect to Today **

1) What are some reasons why people immigrate to the United States today?

2) How are immigrants today treated like the Irish immigrants were in the 1800s?

3) Do Americans still hold nativist views?