Unit Topic: Immigration and Urbanization

Standards/Anchors:
Lesson Essential
Question

How did the rapid urbanization, caused by the

influx of immigrants in the late 19th century,
lead to problems in the cities?

Time (In Days)

1 period 45 minutes

Activating Thinking

Answer # 5 on page 144

Students will view a photograph of
orphans from Jacob Riiss How the
Other Half Lives: Studies Among the
Tenements of New York, 1890
Question # 5 asks the following
questions based upon the photograph:
o Who do you think is the other
half referred to in the title of
Riiss book?
o Based upon the photograph, what
were three problems faced by this
group?
o What do you think Riis hoped to
accomplish by publishing pictures
such as this?

Acceleration/Previewi
ng
(Key Vocabulary)

(Key vocabulary)
Urbanization, tenements, slums, How the
Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis, Settlement
Houses

Teaching Activities
and Strategies
1) Video: Jacob Riis
Students will watch the video about
Jacob Riis and his book, How the Other
Half Lives (approximately 10 minutes)

Students will complete Part A of the

worksheet while watching the video

After watching the video, students will

get their assigned computer and
complete Part B of the worksheet by

using the internet and viewing images

from How the Other Half Lives
o Riis Slideshow

Students will discuss the worksheet

answers with their partner and then
participate in a class discussion to
review

2) Guided Reading: Textbook Page 134 Troubles in the Cities

Think/Pair/Share: Reading Questions
How did officials seek to control the
spread of disease?
How did settlement houses help to
solve the problems of the cities?
3) PowerPoint Notes: Urbanization Problems
& Solutions
Students will complete their notetaking guide as the teacher reviews the
slides
Summarizing
Strategies

Assignment and/or
Assessment

Twitter Out the Door

Compose two tweets that describe the
living conditions and problems faced by
immigrants living in tenements/slums
in the late 1800s
Tag your tweets #theotherhalf
Write a diary entry (minimum of 5 sentences)
describing daily life in a tenement for a
teenager in the late 1800s
Assignment should be completed and
submitted on Google Classroom

Re-Teaching Focus &

Strategy

Refer to EQ during transitions

Differentiation

Multiple Intelligences used: Visual-Spatial,

Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic,
Modified Note-taking guides

Review & Revise

Resources &
Materials

Textbook, Handouts, Computers/Internet

Name: _______________________________
the Other Half Lives

Jacob Riis: How

Part A: Video
1) List at least four negative conditions faced by immigrants living
in the 5 Points and other slums:

2) Approximately how many New Yorkers were living in horrible

living conditions?

3) What was the name of buildings created to house as many

people as possible?

4) Why did diseases spread quickly in New York Citys slums?

Part B: Riis Images Slideshow

1) Pick two images to analyze and complete each section below:
Image 1 Title:
Description of Image (2-3 complete sentences describing
the subject and what problem(s) are depicted):

Your reaction to the image (thoughts, feelings,

questions, etc.)

Image 2 Title:
Description of Image (2-3 complete sentences describing
the subject and what problem(s) are depicted):

Your reaction to the image (thoughts, feelings,

questions, etc.)

2) Why do you Riiss book so effective at spurring people to action?