Friday, November 22, 2013

Aloha Falcon Friday!


Today, we will begin to explore how various groups experienced the period of Industrialization (1826-1903).

1. Warm-Up: 50 years after we lost JFK
2. Finish Nativism political cartoon analysis
3. Constitution TO Reconstruction TO Immigration Unit Test: NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY
HW: Start studying!!! And bring in 5 Questions You Have + 5 Questions for the Test

PERIOD 1:
Industrialization Mixer/Role-play

(CLICK HERE FOR THE VARIOUS ROLES. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING ALL OF THE
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR "GROUP".)

HW: Research your role: Access the text online (see the first day of this blog for
more info), find major bullet points of facts/details about your "group", then put it into
first person perspective for our role play activity. (For example: "I left my wife and children in China to come work on the railroads...")

Thursday, November 21, 2013

'Toon Thursday

Today, we will be analyzing how mass media (political cartoons) represents public sentiment, and begin to explore how various groups experience Industrialization.
1.Warm-Up: Being thankful for…Black Thanksgiving?!
In your notebooks, use a t-chart to analyze this image.
1) What’s your opinion, and
2) what might be a different opinion?


2.Can I publish your work (in the hallways)? (If not, that's fine, just let me know!)
3.Finish “Quick Trip Down Immigration Lane” Lecture
4.Political Cartoon Image Analysis
1.Group/Cartoon #1-8

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Middle of the Week...whaaaat?!


1. Quiz

On your own, answer the following:
1. What countries did the following groups come from, what were the push/pull reasons, and where did they enter the country?
1.Southern and Eastern Europe
2.Asia
3.West Indies and Central America
2. What is nativism? And, provide an example not mentioned in class yesterday.
2.“Quick Trip Down IMMIGRATION Lane” Lecture (CLICK HERE FOR PPT)

Monday, November 18, 2013

Immigration Nation


Today, we will be analyzing the changing landscape of American immigration by examining different groups and different issues, including our own.
1. Warm-Up: Respond to the image
2. Ch. 7 Section 1 Reading & Responses
3. Your Immigration Histories Poster Gallery Walk