How are Modern Immigrants to the U.S. Different and Similar from the Immigrants of the Early 1900's

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How are Modern Immigrants to the U.S. Different
and Similar
from the Immigrants of the Early 1900's?

• ByChristina Ebert

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Grade level - Time frame

• High School Juniors - 11th Grade

• Two 45 minute class periods and 30 minutes of
• homework for each of the 2 nights

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Objectives

• History Standard 2
• Understand major trends, key turning points,and
  the roles of influential individuals and groups
  in
• U.S. history from the Civil War to World War I.
• 2E
• Understand the composition and significance of
  late 19th century immigration.
• 2K
• Describes the obstacles,opportunities, and
  contributions of immigrants.

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Web sites for the homework assignments

• 1st night
• Answer the questions from Myths Realities
  Immigration Quiz
• http//www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/ne
  wamericans.html

• 2nd night
• Answer the questions given in class using the
  information from
• the U.S. Census for 2003 at the following
  web site
• http//www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cpsmar03.pdf.

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Assessment Guidelines

• Day One
• Write a paragraph to evaluate how much
  information about immigration that you really
  knew, and mention the facts that you were wrong
  about after answering the Myths Realities
  Immigration Quiz . Fill out the table with the
  information from the quiz.

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Assessment Guidelines

• Day Two
• The 2nd homework assignment questions will be
  turned in individually and graded by the teacher.
  Using the information from those questions
  write a one page report about the group of
  immigrants that seem to need the most help in
  integrating themselves to the American way of
  life, and give ideas about how that group can be
  helped.

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Assessment Guidelines

• Final Task to Complete Assignment
• Compare today's immigrants to the immigrants
  of the 1900's and make a synthesis of the
  similarities and differences of both groups. by
  using a table format, a check off list, or
  pictures.

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Conclusion

• Has immigration changed in the U.S. from the
  1900's to the present? How has it changed and
  what are the present challenges?

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Lesson Plan

• New Vocabulary
• Old immigrants
• New immigrants
• New Americans
• Foreign-born
• World region population
• Native population

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Contributions of Ethnic groups
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Questions for the 2003 Population Survey

• 1. - How many foreign-born people live in the
  U.S.?____________
• 2. - What is the percentage of foreign-born
  represented in the U.S. population?_________
• 3. - What part or region of the world is
  represented most on the pie graph?________________
  _____
• Looking at the graph what are the percentages of
  the other world regions?___________________

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Questions for the 2003 Population Survey

• 4. - What is the percentage of Latin American
  foreign born compared to the native population?
  __________
• 5. - Has the citizenship of the foreign-born
  increased or decreased? ________________
• Give percentage of 3 decades_____________
• Why do you think that before 1970 there was an
  80.9 citizenship rate?_____________________
• 6. - Comparing the foreign-born to native
  population which age group are most of the
  foreign born?___

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Questions for the 2003 Population Survey

• 7. - Which age group of male and female foreign
  born make up the biggest group?___
• 8. - Which percentage of foreign-born are under
  the age of 18 compared to the native
  population?_________________________
• 9. - Which two world regions have populations
  aged 18 to 64 compared to the native
  population?_________________________

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Questions for the 2003 Population Survey

• 10. - What percentage of foreign-born aged 65 and
  over is from Europe compared to native
  population? ____________________
• 11. - What is the marital status of the
  foreign-born compared to the native population?
• What do they have less of than the native
  population?__________________________

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Questions for the 2003 Population Survey

• 12. - Which world region population has less than
  a 9th Grade education compared to the native
  population?_________________
• 13. - Which world region has the most
  foreign-born population with a Bachelor's degree
  or higher and which region has the
  lowest?_____________________________
• 14. - Which world region has the highest
  unemployment?___________________________

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Questions for the 2003 Population Survey

• 15.- Which two world regions have the highest
  earnings of 50,000 or more._________________
• Which has the least?___________________
• 16.- Which world region earns less than 20,000
  for year round, full-time work?
  __________________
• 17.- Which world region lives below the poverty
  level?________________________
• 18.- What residence area of the U.S. has the
  largest foreign-born population? ______________
• 19.- In what regions of the U.S do most of the
  foreign-born live? _______________

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Compare Pictures
Picture A
Picture B
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Picture A Picture B

• 1.- Is this a recent picture or one from the
  early 1900s?______________
• 2.- Why do you think so?___________
• 3.- What ethnic group does this picture
  represent?___
• 4.- What do you think is the age group of these
  people shown in this picture? ____________________
  
• 5.- Describe the picture in detail.______________
  __

• 1.- Is this a modern picture or one from the
  early 1900's?______________
• 2.- Why do you think so?___________
• 3.- What ethnic group does this picture
  represent?_____________
• 4.- Do you think this family is poor or
  rich?_________
• 5.- What do they need to do to integrate
  themselves in the American way of
  life?__________________

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Detail of Picture B

• 1. Can you tell what world region is the costume
  from?________________
• 2. What kind of music is she dancing
  for?___________
• 3. Why do people perform regional dances?________
• 4. Why is culture important to people?____________
  _
• 5. Do ethnic groups in the U.S. preserve their
  traditions? ____________

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Check Off List about Immigrants
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Bibliography

• Database Independentlens The New
  Americans
• Take The Immigration Myths and Realities Quiz.
  2004(http//www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamerica
  ns/quiz.html
• ( July 12,2007)
• Database U.S. Census Bureau A profile of
• The Foreign-Born Population in the United States
  2003
• Adresshttp//www.census.gov/population/www/socdem
  o/foreign/slides.html (July 12,2007)

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• Supplementary Materials
• Theme Booklets
• Pile, Murray. National Geographics Theme
  SetsImmigration to the U.S.
• 2005 National Geographic Society.Washington D.C.
• Picture A
• Hine's 1905 photograph of an Italian ...family
• 344 x 504 - 214k - jpgwww.assumption.edu
• http//www.assumption.edu/users/McClymer/his270/Hi
  ne1905ItalianFamily.jpg

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• Picture B
• East High School Folkloric Dance Group, Rockford,
  Il. 2003.
• Hispanic students in costumes performed regional
  dances from Jalisco, Mexico.
• The folkloric dances are performed with Mariachi
  music. The state of Jalisco is known for the
  Mariachi music, the drink of tequila and the
  proud spirit of the Mexican charro.