Day 52: Nativist Reaction to ImmigrantsBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

November 14, 2012A/A.P. U.S. History

Mr. Green

Objectives: At the end of this lesson:Students will analyze the nativist response to

the influx of immigrants to the United States by examining primary sources, picture, and cartoons

Students will describe the effect of nativism on immigrants by synthesizing primary source data and creating a pamphlet attacking the immigrants of a journal entry written by an immigrant

Nativist Reaction to Immigrants

Submit Presidential Election Charts 1820, 1824, 1828, 1832 and/or 1820s Decade Chart

Quiz on Thursday covering second half of Ch. 13

Announcements

Why do immigrants come to the United States?

What do immigrant experience when they enter a new country?

Should the U.S. continue to allow immigrants into the country? Why/Why not?

Warm-Up

How and why did some Americans object to the arrival of new immigrants during the 1840s and 1850s?

Motivation

Identify the 2 major groups that immigrated to the United States in the 1840s/1850s.

Explain the reasons each group decided to enter the U.S.

Which reason(s) is a push factor/pull factor?

Describe nativism and its impact on immigrants.

Mini-Lesson

Students will complete the introductory primary source by utilizing the document Analysis Chart

Guided Practice

Students will utilize a jigsaw to interpret the primary sources in 1 of 8 groups. Once you and your group have completed the analysis, your group will present their findings to the rest of the class.

Independent Practice

Students may work in their group to complete the assessment. Your group must choose 1 of the following options:a. Pamphlet: Create a tri-fold from a nativist organization detailing all of the reasons that they are against immigration and trying to persuade American citizens to support their causeb. Dialogue: Write a dialogue between 2 nativists arguing all of the reasons that immigration out to be restrictedc. Speech: Create and perform a speech by a nativist politician outlining all of the problems with allowing immigration to continue

Assessment

What are the similarities and differences between the reception for modern immigrants versus the reception immigrants received according to the historical documents?

What contributions have immigrant populations (then and now) made to the U.S?

Closing/Wrap Up

Identify specific portions of the song “No Irish Need Apply” and determine how the Irish felt, why they came to America, and how their treatment may have been different than what they expected.

Lesson Extension

Continue reading Chapter 14 to the endContinue work on the Decades chart and

Presidential Election5QQ on Thursday

Homework