Overview
Examine waves of immigration from 7 different countries, and the impact of these migrations on the US and on the people who came here.
The lesson plans and documents are still in development for this project, but the map is fully functional and has a wealth of immigration data from 1850 to 1950. Take a look!
Lessons:
1) Introduction: Migrants and migration (Classroom)
Show photos of migrants on the overhead (linked below with discussion q What inferences can we make about the people in this photograph? Whe do you think they were taken?
Discuss: What do we know about the situation for African Americans arou 1900? Connect back to previous lessons on reconstruction. Make a conc the board (see example).
For notes: What is "internal migration"? Put definition on the board and d "Movement of a population within a country, involving push forces and pul HOMEWORK: Assign a county to each pair of students and have them re attached letter, and fill out the Document Analysis Worksheet.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the concept of migration
Maps and documents
- Great Migration photo for discussion http://gisforhistory.org/gm/files/photolesson1.pdf
- Great Migration letters from migrants http://www.uic.edu/educ/bctpi/historyGIS/greatmigration/gmletters/
Attachments
- Document analysis worksheet http://gisforhistory.org/gm/files/documentworksheet.pdf
2) Introduction: Migrants and migration (Classroom)
On overhead: Introduce the GIS for History map for the Great Migration. show African American population in 1900. OBSERVATIONS: Where did African Americans live in 1900? PREDICTIONS: When we look at 1970, how will this map change? Change the year and discuss differences between the maps. INFERENCES: What might explain this shift in the population? Students practice using the GIS map. Hand out County Comparison sheet and have students fill in one column w county's data.
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