Exploring the Irish in America Through Found Poetry
In this lesson students read poems and letters that describe the work and lives of nineteenth-century Irish immigrants to the United States. As students read the documents, they choose words and phrases to create found poems that reflect their [...]
Tags: Five Points, Group Work, Interdisciplinary, Irish Immigration, Literature in the History Classroom, Making Connections
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Create a Walking Tour of San Francisco's Chinatown
In this activity students learn about the people and places, and the social rules that governed them, in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1800s. Students develop a character based on the real people who lived in Chinatown, and then create a walking [...]
Tags: Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigration, Common Core Reading, Group Work, Lessons in Looking, Role Play and Debate
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)