Immigration: Rays of Hope or Shattered Dreams?

Author Jan Robertson
School Bush H.S.

Length of Lesson

100 minutes
Abstract This lesson examines the influx of immigrants into the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century and the specific economic, political, and social changes that resulted. Students analyze primary sources and draw conclusions related to the common themes of the immigrant experience, such as push and pull factors, discrimination, and assimilation.
District Fort Bend I.S.D.
Historical Time Period
  • Gilded Age
  • Immigration
Historical Themes
  • History
  • Citizenship
  • Culture
Grade
  • Eleven (11)
  • AP

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