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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience in 19th Century America: The Rock Springs Massacre

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan is from a larger site examining the Chinese Experience in the United States in the 19th century. Discover the role the official support by the labor movement played in the discrimination, and in the case of the Rock...
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Irish Immigrants in 19th Century America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here, you will find lesson plans through which students research, study, and discuss the problems faced by Irish immigrants during the 19th century. Provides bibliographies, as well as effective strategies for studying Irish culture and...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Prep: Us History: Immigration & Migration: Era of 'Old' Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
The earliest waves of settlers to the Americas, up through the first half of the 19th century, constitute the era of 'old' immigration. There are some distinctions between those settlers who came prior to the Revolutionary War and those...
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US National Archives

National Archives: How Have Americans Responded to Immigration?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How have Amercian's views on immigration changed over the course American history? What causes the shifts in acceptance? Students will view documents spanning the 19th and 20th century to answer those questions. They will examine...
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: Gold Rush Era: Everyday Life and People

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source photos from 19th-century California which portray what everyday life was like during the California Gold Rush.
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Jacob Riis

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to investigate the photographs of 19th-century progressive...

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