Mrs. Formica 8th Grade Social Studies Tentative Unit Syllabi *Must be stapled into your Social Studies Notebook at the start of the new unit.*

Unit: Immigration & Progressivism Parent Signature: ______

Essential Question:

How did industrialization and immigration change the face of American life?

How do people effect change and reform?

Lesson # / Lesson Topic / Homework
11 / Old/New Immigrants / #12
12 / KWL “Island of Hope Island of Tears” / #13
13 / Ellis Island Simulation / #14
14 / Interactive Immigration story- Comic Strip / #15
15 / Life in the Tenements / #16
16 / Angel Island / #17
17 / Chinese Exclusion Act / #18
18 / Progressive Era / #19
19 / Muckrakers / #20
  • If you receive additional resources (handouts), you should label which lesson # it goes with (on the left side).

Homework:

#12- Create an original crossword puzzle using the vocab from this unit.

#13-Reflect and Connect- Explain both theories of immigration in detail, The Salad Bowl v. The Melting Pot. Give your point of view and explain how you see America.

#14- Reflect- Describe your experience coming through Ellis Island. What were your feelings/emotions/thoughts/concerns?

#15- Immigration Comic Strip- Using your notes from the interactive story create a comic strip detailing the sequence of events, troubles, and/or joy of life in America.

#16- Group Assignment- Create a birdseye view of a tenement. Each group member should attach their RAFT- Tenement Diary- If your walls would talk…

#17- Immigration Think Tac Toe

#18- Chinese Exclusion Act Booklet- includes the act, its date, its definition, your analysis of the situation, and an original political cartoon.

#19- Immigration DBQ

#20- Reflect- How did Muckrakers affect American society?

Summative Unit Assessment:

  • Immigration Children’s Book- students will create a children’s book with an original story detailing the journey of an immigrant/immigrant family.
  • Group Assessment- Create a magazine dedicated to the cause and life of one of the Muckrakers (to be assigned)

Unit Vocabulary:* Glossary notebooks will be reviewed at the conclusion of each unit on test day for a quiz grade.

Should be defined and logged into your Social Studies Glossary Book, organized by unit. During our unit discovery you may encounter other words which you wish to incorporate into your glossary. This is encouraged.

First Wave of Immigration, Push, Pull Factors, Second Wave of Immigration, Nativism, Ellis Island, Angel Island, Chinese Exclusion Act, tenement life, slums, How the Other Half Lives, Reform, Hull House, Settlement House, Teddy Roosevelt, W.E.B. Dubois, Jacob Riis, Muckrakers, NAACP, Temperance/prohibition, Settlement houses, regionalism, woman’s suffrage, 19th Amendment, labor reform, minimum wage, labor unions, collective bargaining, workman’s compensation, child labor laws, safety regulations, trust busting, Graduated Income Tax, Federal Reserve Act