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Irish Immigration 1. What did Irish immigrants do when they came to America? 2. What were the reasons for the Irish coming to America? 3. What was the main reason for the immigration explosion?
 * DBQ**

1. What did Irish immigrants bring with them? 2. Where did Irish immigrants settle? 3. What was the process to becoming an American citizen? 4. How could you compare the changes in immigration from the 19th century to today? "Even as the boat was docking, these immigrants to America learned that life in America was going to be a battle for survival. Hundreds of runners, usually large greedy men, swarmed aboard the ship grabbing immigrants and their bags trying to force them to their favorite tenement house and then exact an outrageous fee for their services. Our immigrant ancestors were not wanted in America. Ads for employment often were followed by "NO IRISH NEED APPLY." They were forced to live in cellars and shanties, partly because of poverty but also because they were considered bad for the neighborhood...they were unfamiliar with plumbing and running water. These living conditions bred sickness and early death. It was estimated that 80% of all infants born to Irish immigrants in New York City died. Their brogue and dress provoked ridicule; their poverty and illiteracy provoked scorn. (http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm)

1. How did Americans living in America feel towards the Irish immigrants? 2. Did the Irish have a better life once they got to America? 3. What were the difficulties that the Irish immigrants faced upon arriving in America?

**Jigsaw** 1. The students will formulate groups of 4. 2. The students will each be assigned a part of the rainforest to become an expert in. The students will use a varitey of media to research their rainforest area, and will record their findings. 3. The expert people from each group will meet with the experts from the other groups in the same layer of the rainforest. These experts will discuss their findings, and then think of a way to show their findings to their original home groups. 4. Each expert will return to his/her original home group to share their findings in the manner they chose. The other students will record what they are learning on a graphic organizer given out by the teacher. 5. After each expert has had a turn sharing, the students will share with each other what they enjoyed learning about and how they think their research went. The class will share what they have learned, and this will be recorded onto charts hanging around the classroom. 6. Students will write out what they would have improved about their presentation of information learned, what they might have done differently, or what they might do the same next time. Each student essentially becomes a teacher in the group, and each student has a job. The students must become experts in a topic, and teach others a part of that topic. Each student researches that particular topic, recording their findings. Students will then meet with other experts in the same topic, and devise a way to share their information, such as; animoto, posters, imovie and many others. Experts then return to their home groups to teach the other members about their topic. The other students should record and take notes about what the expert is teaching them on a graphic organizer.