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Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.
SS.H.4.6-8.MdC: Compare the central historical arguments in secondary works across multiple media.
SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.
SS.H.1.6-8.LC: Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
SS.H.1.6-8.MdC: Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
SS.H.1.6-8.MC: Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
Key Terms
Key Terms
Immigration - the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Push Factor - negative reasons that a person would want to leave their native country, these reasons are what push a person away from their home.
Pull Factor - positive reasons that a person would want to come to a new country, these reasons are what pull a person to a new country.
Bell Ringer Discussion
Bell Ringer Discussion
How did the Industrial Revolution lead to increased immigration to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
What push factors encouraged immigrants to come to the United States?
What pull factors encouraged immigrants to come to the United States?
What are three challenges that immigrants coming to the United States faced when arriving?
Lesson Notes
Lesson Notes
Immigration
Immigration
1 in 8 Americans are immigrants
98% of Americans are descendants of immigrants
More factory jobs meant that there was a high demand for workers.
Push factors are negative reasons that a person would want to leave their native country.
Pull factors are positive reasons that a person would want to come to a new country.
The Challenges of Immigration
The Challenges of Immigration
The poor traveled on overcrowded ships that were often designed for non-living cargo or even animals.
Diseases spread rapidly, and families were often separated.
Each immigrant went through a physical exam, looking for evidence of disease.
They then traveled to a room where Immigration Inspectors questioned them.
Only about 2% of incoming immigrants were turned away and sent back to their native country.
Many immigrants did not speak English
Poor immigrants settled in slums.
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