This NO-PREP mini-book & more resource will make teaching about Early U.S. Immigration during the Industrial Revolution easy and interesting! It focuses on four immigrant groups during the mid 1800’s-early 1900’s.
The mini-book includes 13 pages of informational text, reading skills tasks, and interactive flip card activities. It provides the perfect snapshot of the impact of immigrant groups in the United States and the Industrial Age- the Irish, Germans, Chinese, and Italians. This mini-book can be used for whole class read alouds, independent close reads, and to enhance literacy.
Included:
– Teacher Guide with instructions and implementation suggestions, as well as answer keys.
– 13-page student Mini-Book that includes:
- Directions for annotations
- Informational reading passages about the Industrial Revolution, Push-Pull factors of immigration, Ellis and Angel Islands, Contributions of immigrants, Nativism and discrimination against immigrants. Four immigrant groups are highlighted:
1. Irish
2. Germans
3. Chinese
4. Italians
- Built-in “Summarize” reading tasks
- A built-in “Main Idea” reading task
- A built-in “Draw a Conclusion” reading task
- A built-in “Compare & Contrast” reading task
– Two Interactive “The Immigrants” Flip Cards with student-directions
– An assessment: 5 multiple choice, 5 true/false, and one written response
– A PowerPoint for Teacher-led instruction (slides are not editable, but you may add or delete existing slides).
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