Essential Question: What push and pull factors brought immigrants to the United States and

created the conditions that necessitated them leaving their homeland(s)?

By: Elizabeth Davis and

Daniel Aulbach

Learning Activities• What did different ethnic groups experience as they came

through the ports of immigration?• Did the Immigrant Experience different from on ethnic group to

another?• In what ways were conditions in the United States and abroad

responsible for large-scale immigration to the United States?• Did the United States live up to the dreams of the “new

immigrants”? Was America a land of opportunity for immigrants?

• How was “new immigration” different than “old immigration”?• How did cultures clash during the time period of immigration?

Introduction to Immigration

• Why were immigrants coming to the United States?• Why were immigrants leaving their countries?• What were immigrants experiences when they

arrived?

Intro to Immigration: Group Project1. Ink Splatter2. What Does the Primary Source Tell Us?3. Creating Classroom Exhibit

Practice Creating Classroom Exhibition

Group Work:• Sources: Review your sources to decide the images, illustrations, or articles you

will use • Theme: What connections can you find among all of the documents? Choose a

theme (from the list on the other side of this sheet) that your documents have in common.

• Thesis: In your group decide on your thesis—what is your exhibitions main idea? • Organize the exhibit board: How will you arrange your sources on your board to

support your theme? Make sure to include your thesis on your presentation.• Captions/Headings: Where will you cite your sources? How will you identify the

sources you are using?• Labels: Museums often use labels to explain objects and images on display.

Where will you put your labels and what will they say?

Regents Themes• Change • Citizenship• Civic Values• Constitutional Principles• Culture and Intellectual Life• Diversity• Economic Systems• Environment• Factors and Production• Foreign Policy• Government

• Human Systems• Immigration and Migration• Individuals, Groups, Institutions• Interdependence• Physical Systems• Places and Regions• Reform Movements• Presidential Decisions and

Actions• Science and Technology