Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-2 (page 3)

Question 1: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you

think so? The influx of unskilled Irish immigrants into New York City in the 1840s and early

1850s drives down wages for other workers at the low end of the salary ladder.

The historical lens that is been applied in this scenario is the economic lens. The economic

lens states and describes about the way the Irish immigrants entry impacted the wages of the

other workers of the New York City in the 1840s and early 1850s at the low end of the salary

ladder.

Question 2: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you

think so? In 1908, Aram Pothier, an immigrant from Quebec, is elected governor of Rhode

Island with strong support from the Québécois community

Here, the historical lens which has been applied is from the political point of view. This is

because it was observed that the Aram Pothier who was an immigrant from Quebec and was

elected as the governor of Rhode Island with the strong support of the Quebecois community

is the policy of the Quebec government.

Question 3: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you

think so? Irish immigrants and first-generation Irish-Americans come to dominate the

hierarchy of the American Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century.

Here, it was the religious lens which has been applied for the scenario. It refers to the Irish

immigrants and first generation Irish-Americans dominance which impacted the American

Catholic churches and had impact on their future generations.

Question 4: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you

think so? Immigration to the United States comes to be seen as a “rite of passage” for young

Québécois women in the early twentieth century. Module One: Approaches to History,

Learning Block 1-3 (page 4)

The above scenario in which the historical lens has been applied refers to the social impacts.

This is a social impact because the social lens illustrates the standing and performing rituals

by the young women in the Quebecois society during the early 20th century.

Question 5: If you had to write a paper on the Lincoln assassination, what would you like to

know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical

analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three

questions can be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic

1. During the assassination of American president Abraham Lincoln, did the American

people showed any reactions?

2. During the war, President Lincoln took which side? John W. Booth who murdered

President Lincoln, what made him do so?

3. During the assassination did President Lincoln died instantaneously? If President

Lincoln did not died immediately after assassination by John W. Booth, if during that

time America had the advancement in medical sciences, would that made President

Lincoln survive?

Question 6: If you had to write a paper on Title IX, what would you like to know more about?

Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical analysis essay,

keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can

be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic. Module One: Approaches to

History, Learning Block 1-4 (page 3):

 1. Is there is any provisions that the title IX mandate which accounts for the decrease in

chances of the male athletes will allow provision and opportunities to the female

candidates?

2. Who is delegated the responsibility to enforce the Title IX?

3. There was a high school sports organised for the girls. What was the impact of the

same?

Question 7: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through

the lens of political history

Was the Irish immigrant joining the Union movement during the Civil War was really a smart

and neat move and a political step of being more rapidly get incorporated in America?

Question 8: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through

the lens of economic history

After the African-American Civil War what impact and the effects did the association of the

Irish immigrant have on the economic status of the war?

References

USA Gov; U.S. History and Historical Documents; https://www.usa.gov/history