As we move to our next unit of Immigration, we are working more and more on high school ready skills.  One of those skills is that of using primary and secondary sources (an activity we used to refresh on primary and secondary sources is linked here) to find evidence to support one’s claim.  We are currently looking right now at immigration trends in the early 1900’s to America (ex: where people come from, why they came, what their impact was, how they were treated).  Our first question we are answering is: how were immigrants treated upon their arrival to America in the early 1900’s (the set of primary sources we are using is linked here).

If you and/or your family/anyone you know has some interesting immigration history/story you feel comfortable sharing, please do let me know.  We would love to have a live primary source in our midst!