Title: Irish Immigration
Date: 4/16-17 Standards: 8.6.3 CC RH 1, 2,9 WHST 1, 2, 6, 7, 9
Homework: Study your immigration notes.
Essential Question: Were the Irish considered "white" in the 19th century?
Objective: I will learn about Irish Immigration and discrimination by analyzing source documents, citing evidence and creating an argumentative web site.
ELA Objective: I will use my historical thinking skills to analyze the sources.
Do Now: Use the following definitions of the word race to create your own definition of the word race:
race 1 (rās) noun
1. A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group. Most biologists and
anthropologists do not recognize race as a biologically valid classification, in part because there is more genetic variation within groups than between them.
2. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the Celtic race.
3. A genealogical line; a lineage.
4. Humans considered as a group.
Agenda
1. Objectives and HW
2. Irish Immigration Cornell Notes
3. Irish Immigration Document Analysis
4. Irish Immigration Website Creation
Homework: Study your immigration notes.
Essential Question: Were the Irish considered "white" in the 19th century?
Objective: I will learn about Irish Immigration and discrimination by analyzing source documents, citing evidence and creating an argumentative web site.
ELA Objective: I will use my historical thinking skills to analyze the sources.
Do Now: Use the following definitions of the word race to create your own definition of the word race:
race 1 (rās) noun
1. A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group. Most biologists and
anthropologists do not recognize race as a biologically valid classification, in part because there is more genetic variation within groups than between them.
2. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the Celtic race.
3. A genealogical line; a lineage.
4. Humans considered as a group.
Agenda
1. Objectives and HW
2. Irish Immigration Cornell Notes
3. Irish Immigration Document Analysis
4. Irish Immigration Website Creation
Lesson Steps
Step 1: Irish Immigration Presentation
Directions:
1. Use the link to nearpod.com
2. Your teacher will give you an access code shortly.
Directions:
1. Use the link to nearpod.com
2. Your teacher will give you an access code shortly.
Step 2: Irish Immigration Document Analysis
Directions:
1. Choose a team leader.
2. The team leader will use the link to google classroom and access the assignment: Irish Immigration document analysis.
3. The team leader will then make a copy of the document and share it with the rest of the team.
4. The rest of the team will go to their google drive and access the document that has been shared.
5. As a group analyze the documents. Each person in the group will be responsible for one document.
Directions:
1. Choose a team leader.
2. The team leader will use the link to google classroom and access the assignment: Irish Immigration document analysis.
3. The team leader will then make a copy of the document and share it with the rest of the team.
4. The rest of the team will go to their google drive and access the document that has been shared.
5. As a group analyze the documents. Each person in the group will be responsible for one document.
Step 3: Weebly Site Creation
Directions:
1. Use the link to weebly.com
2. The team leader will create a site and share the login information with their group members.
3. Your site must include a separate page for all of the following:
Directions:
1. Use the link to weebly.com
2. The team leader will create a site and share the login information with their group members.
3. Your site must include a separate page for all of the following:
- Thesis
- Background (Based on the Presentation)
- 2 pieces of evidence with analysis (warrants)
- Counter-claim with evidence based rebuttal
- Significance Statment