Primary Sources

by Baicker, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780590378666
• ISBN10: 059037866X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

Packed with reproducible primary sources—from photographs of Ellis Island to the Oath of Citizenship—this collection of authentic documents will capture students' interest in immigration to America between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Teaching materials provide background information, document-based discussion questions, and reproducibles that help kids analyze and evaluate each historical document. For use with Grades 4-8.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(2)
Time Line	6	(1)
Teaching Notes	7	(10)
Background information and teaching tips for all primary source documents
PRIMARY SOURCE EVALUATION FORM	17	(27)
Evaluate That Document!
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
THE FIRST GREAT WAVE
The Potato Famine	18	(2)
Drawings
Lure of the Land	20	(2)
Broadside, frontispiece
The Gold Rush	22	(1)
Photo, quotations
The Magic Washer	23	(1)
Advertisement
America Fever	24	(2)
Journal, letter, photograph
``Only an Emigrant''	26	(1)
Song
THE SECOND GREAT WAVE
Immigration Tides	27	(1)
Graph, photo
The Statue of Liberty	28	(2)
Cartoon, quotation, poem
Ellis Island	30	(2)
Photographs, questionnaire
Angel Island	32	(1)
Poems, photograph
LIFE IN AMERICA
At Home, at Work, at Play	33	(2)
Photos
Becoming an American	35	(2)
Broadside, photo
``God Bless America''	37	(1)
Song
IMMIGRATION TODAY
Oath of Citizenship	38	(2)
Oath, photo, test
Who We Are	40	(2)
Photos, graphs
An American from Iran	42	(2)
Oral history, photo
ACTIVITY PAGES
Immigration KWL Chart	44	(1)
Immigration Map	45	(1)
Immigration Glossary	46	(1)
Immigration Journal	47	(1)
Immigration Map Answer Key	48