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James B. McPherson Monument (1881) | Rebisso, Louis | General James Birdseye McPherson Collection
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Lesson Plan: Genealogy Project

Grade(s): 10
Suggested Time: 2-3, 45 minute classes

Materials

  • Immigration maps
  • Genealogy worksheet
  • Census and Genealogy records available under Resources
  • Associated images

Core Instruction

  • Teacher will discuss the amount of immigration that took place in the three waves of immigration
  • Class will discuss the changing nature of immigration in the 2nd wave of immigration
  • Teacher will describe the working and living conditions available to immigrants in urban area using the associated photographs
  • Teacher will discuss the push/pull factors contributing to the spread of immigration from entry ports into middle America
  • Class will discuss their own family history and how people record family history using the associated images
  • Teacher will define genealogy, review the resources available to genealogists, and the ways to research family history
  • Students will begin genealogy research into their own family history and complete forms as they progress

Follow-up Activity

Students will finish genealogy charts

Assessment

Students will be evaluated on the completion of genealogy charts and the amount of extra information gathered

Standards

  • History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
    • Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19th century including: b. Immigration and child labor and their impact on the labor force; d. Urbanization; e. The emergence of a middle class and its impact on leisure, art, music, literature and other aspects of culture
  • History 9-10, Benchmark F: Identify major historical patterns in the domestic affairs of the United States during the 20th century and explain their significance.
    • Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 12. Explain major domestic developments after 1945 with emphasis on: a. Postwar prosperity in the United States; D. Immigration patterns
  • People in Societies 9-10, Benchmark C: Analyze the ways that contacts between people of different cultures result in exchanges of cultural practices.
    • Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 5. Explian the effects of immigration on society in the United States: a. Housing patterns; c. Education system
  • Geography 9-10, Benchmark A: Analyze the cultural, physical, economic and political characteristics that define regions and describe reasons that regions change over time.
    • Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain how perceptions and characteristics of geographic regions in the United States have changed over time including: a. Urban areas; b. Wilderness; c. Farmland; d. Centers of industry and technology.