Title: European Immigration (South and Eastern)

Date: August 26, 2014

Write down the
Essential Question.
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
Pre-1900s mainly immigrants from
the British isles and Western Europe (similar
to Americans)

Early 1900s Western and Eastern Europeans such as
Italians, Croats, Slovaks, Greeks, Poles (NOT similar to
most Americans)

TWS How do you think most Americans reacted to
the arrival of the immigrants? Explain your answer.
Do you think the reaction was different before and
after 1900?
Challenge What social, political and economic factors
could have influenced the perception of the
immigrants?
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
1. Persecution
2. Population Growth in Europe
3. American Fever
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
Hungarians immigrated after the defeat of their
revolt against the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Jews immigrated to escape the pogroms in Russia

Chisinau Pogrom, Russia
1903
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
At 5 p.m. the first Jew was murdered. The robbers stormed a trolley
car with a Jewish passenger on board, shouting Throw out the Jew.
The Jew was pushed out and from all side beaten on his head until his
skull cracked and his brains spilled out. At first the sight of a dead Jew
seemed to momentarily scare the bandits, but when they saw that the
police did not care, they dispersed in all directions, shouting Kill the
Jews!
On those streets where the pillaging took place Jews had to give up all
attempts at self-defense.But on the square Novyi Bazar the Jewish
butchers gathered to defend themselves and their families. They
bravely fought back and chased away the attackers, who were as
cowardly as they were wild. Then the police came and arrested the
Jews.
T/W/S Which do you think influenced the immigration of Russian Jews
more, push or pull factors?

Challenge Should other countries respond to incidents like these? Or
let the local government deal with them?
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
The population in Europe doubled between 1800
and 1900, going from 200 million to 400 million.

T/W/S What difficulties could arise from such a
rapidly growing population?

Challenge What solution would you propose for a
society dealing with rapid population growth?
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
The US seen as a land of fabulous opportunity
We eat here every day what we get only for Easter in our
native country. A Polish Immigrant
T/W/S Why do you think Polish immigrant used food as his
example of wealth? What can that tell historians about the
society he was coming from?

Recruiters from America also portrayed the
country as one of wealth and possibility
Connection to Modern Day Based on your
knowledge of immigration pre-WWI, do you
believe that America still has pull factors that
attract immigrants? If so, what are they?

Challenge If America still has pull factors, are they the same
or different as in the past?

Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
1.
READ/EVALUATE
only at least 1
minute.

2. What
VARIABLES are in
the data?

3. What are the
RESULTS of the
data?

4. What
CONCLUSIONS
can you get from
the data?

5. Put it all
together in
WRITING!
Formal
Conclusion.
(6-8 sentences)

Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?
Arrival
Before the ship even reach Ellis Island,
inspectors would board and examine the first
and second class passengers; they then
disembarked at the port in New York

The third class passengers were processed at
Ellis Island

T/W/S Why were the first class passengers
treated differently? What was the theory behind it?
Objective (1.2.h)
SWBAT identify
and analyze the
reasons for
Southern/Eastern
European
immigration to the
US in the early
1900s.

DOL: Given an exit
card and a
document,
SWBAT: (80%
accuracy)
1. Answer 3 MC
questions
2. Write an ID
response
paragraph (SEEC
format) on a
relating topic (5-
7 sentences).

EQ: Why did
Southern and
Eastern Europeans
immigrate to the
US in the early
1800s?