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A Country within a Country: Understanding San Francisco's Chinatown
In this activity, students use a range of primary and secondary sources about San Francisco's Chinatown (1880s-1920) to explore what the community meant to residents and to outsiders.
Tags: Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigration, Common Core Reading, Common Core Writing, Group Work, Lessons in Looking
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Nos creemos americanos: Braceros in History and Song
In this activity students write original corridos (a type of Mexican folk song) based on the oral histories of braceros. Before writing their own corridos, students learn about the formulas and themes of corridos and analyze a World War II-era [...]
Tags: Braceros, Common Core Reading, Common Core Writing, farmworkers, Group Work, Literature in the History Classroom, Mexican Immigration
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Social Reform and Issues of Race and Class
In this activity students explore how Progressive Era reforms did not apply universally, but rather varied depending on issues like race and class. Students watch the 30-minute film Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl and read an article that [...]
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)