Urbanization and Jacob Riis Worksheet

Urbanization and Jacob Riis Worksheet

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1.Who came to the cities as we neared the turn of the century?

2.List some of America’s biggest cities around 1900. Why were these cities the largest?

3.What types of problems did immigrants face when they came to America? How did they work to make life better?

4.Make a chart and list the good and bad associated with urbanization.

Go to the following website to look at pictures and excerpts from How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/sfeature/sf_riisphoto.html

5.What picture (and caption) was the most powerful? Explain.

6.List the different problems Riis addresses in this photo-essay

Read an excerpt from “Other Half” that is located at this link- http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/8/unit/act6.1blm1.html

7.In your opinion, what are the two most powerful illustrations Riis uses in this passage?