Immigration

** Life as an Immigrant and the Effects of Immigration in the early 1900s **

 * Key Questions: **

//What is life like for people who immigrate?// //What are the effects of immigration?// //How does immigration effect the growth of cities?// //How does immigration spur urban reform?// //How have places changed over time as a result of immigration?//

**Tools:** Interactive Tenement Tour, Wordle,
 * Topics: ** Urban growth and Reform, tenement housing, factory work



Introduction
Document Mark-Up on Mexican Border Shooting

Effects of Immigration
a.What is a tenement house? (You may have to search other sites to answer this question) b. How did immigration lead to the creation of tenement housing? c. What is life like for new immigrants in the early 1900's? What is life like in tenement housing? d. What potential obstacles can you forsee for recently arrived immigrants in the early 1900s?
 * 1) A tenement house is a broken down apartment that barely gives the minimal standard of living. They are usually cramp and narrow, lacking indoor plumbing and air ventilation.
 * 2) Immigration led to tenement housing because there had been many, many immigrants who came to America looking for a place to live, thus to house them, tenements were built. They cramped people together and demolished most of the one story houses for more room.
 * 3) Life is dirty and poor. They don't know how to speak English, so they had to do labor and jobs that payed little for many hours, such as sewing. They would have to cook for themselves over the pots and pans they brought. Cleaning up the house, such as doing laundry or sweeping the floors, would be one of their chores. For entertainment, there could be the theater that lets people in for 5 cents per movie or the beach, but their entertainment is limited. It was difficult for them to communicate with others around them. A tenement housing is dirty and has poor hygenie. There would be about 10 other people crowded in one room and since they come in and out all the time, the floors would be filthy.
 * 4) Obstacles I forsee is communication. The immigrants, when they come here, don't know the nation's language like their own. Finding jobs would be difficult if there is no communication between the two. Living itself would be hard if there isn't enough money to pay for all the bills, such as the light bills and gas bills. Also, they would have trouble getting around the place and mgiht get lost, or tricked into something by strangers. Especially when signing contracts, they might not be about to read it. Education is another problem. In moving to another place, they would have already planned for a better education for their children. Since to get into school it costs money, they might not be able to.

**Immigration Today**

=**Day 2 - 6/8/2010** Key Questions = What problems are happening along the Mexican Border? Why was the Arizona Law adopted? Is the Arizona Law violating the civil rights of Americans? Does this law create racial profiling? Do you support or oppose the new law? How will the new law effect you, your family or friends?

Overview:
In this lesson, students will learn about problems that are happening along the Mexican Border with illegal immigration. Through various video streams and articles, students will assess the reasons for supporting or opposing the new controversial Arizona Law. Students will record their questions, thoughts, and reactions to the new law in their electronic notebooks and then respond in a voice thread. As a final project, students will create a voice thread on any issue surrounding immigration and the civil rights of Americans.

Students will be able to..... explain/describe problems happening along the Mexican Border. analyze the new Arizona Law and provide evidence to support or oppose this law.
 * Content Objectives:**

Students will be able to..... create a voicethread
 * Technology Objectives:**

Introduction to the Mexican Border and US Border Patrol Arizona Law Pros and Cons Effects of this new law and how you, family or friends may be effected
 * Topics**:



Illegal immigrants are being smuggled out of their own countries, such as Mexico, China, and South America. Some commiting crimes over in the U.S, they are not deported back to their own countries, only paying 5 years sentence in jail, then released. Groups, such as Alfredo, had tried smuggling his companions out into the U.S, almost succeding, but had left his group behind who had ratted him out, sentencing him to five years in jail. U.S Border Patrols are not effective and even been 8-9 lilegal immigrants, one of whom was shot by a U.S police. The U.S police was then sent to jail, but the immigrants remained free. Agents, such as the ICE, are trying to capture the lead smugglers, who earn about 10 million assets from this act. They are targeting shuttles and transportation sites in Mexico and in Arizona, with 47 suspects.

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