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Neighborhood or Slum? Snapshots of Five Points, 1827-1867
In this activity, students look at census records from antebellum Five Points and compare them to depictions of the neighborhood and its residents. Students will evaluate whether observers described Five Points as a neighborhood or slum. The [...]
Tags: Common Core Reading, Delving into Data, Five Points, Group Work, Irish Immigration, Lessons in Looking, Smartboard, Using Political Cartoons
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)
"Troubles in the South-West": Ideology and the U.S.-Mexican War
In this lesson students read a series of documents about the American and Mexican reasons for and against the 1846 U.S.-Mexico War. As they read the documents students identify when the authors employ various foreign policy ideologies such as [...]
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)