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=**TITLE: TENEMENT LIVING**=

Lesson Plan

 * State Standards: 3.9 Identify historical buildings, monuments or sites in the area and explain their purpose and significance**


 * Grade Level: 3-4th Grade**


 * Essential Question: How did immigrants define becoming American?**


 * Lesson Question: What was life like for immigrants that lived in tenement buildings?**


 * Introduction:** Between 1863 and 1935, approximately 7,000 immigrants lived at 97 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side of New York City. Others moved to tenements in other cities throughout the country like Boston, MA. Between 8-10 people would share a tenement apartment which, by today's standards, would be considered quite small. What was life like for these immigrants?


 * Task:** To build background, you will read and learn about what life was like for immigrants as they lived life in these tenements. To give you an idea of the limited space available to immigrants, our classroom floor will have an outlined space of similar size as a room in the tenements. After, the teacher will assign you to one of three immigrant groups for you to investigate. Your group will view and analyze photographs of tenement life and learn about their assigned immigrant. Finally, your group will synthesize the information on tenement life by recording an oral history of the immigrant's life living in tenements.


 * Lesson Experiences:**


 * BUILDING BACKGROUND PRE-ACTIVITIES**


 * Explore the following websites to build background on tenement life in the computer lab and the classroom.**

Use the **NOTES for BUILDING BACKGROUND** sheet to record important information.

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 * WEBSITES**

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Afflerbach, Peter. "Shutting out the Sky." //Reading Street//. Glenview, IL: Pearson ; Scott Foresman, 2008. Print.
 * BOOKS**

Bial, Raymond. __Tenement: Immigrant life on the Lower East Side__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Granfield, Linda, and Arlene Alda. __97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of immigrant life__. Toronto, Ontario: Tundra Books, 2001.

Gans, Herbert Julius. //The Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans.// New York U.a.: Free Pr. U.a., 1982. Print.

Hopkinson, Deborah. __ Shutting out the sky: Life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924 __. New York: Orchard Books, 2003.

Price, Sean. __Tenement stories: Immigrant life, 1835-1935__. Chicago, IL: Raintree, 2006.

Riis, Jacob A. __How the other half lives; studies among the tenements of New York.__ New York: Dover, 1971.


 * Day One**
 * Activity 1**

Today tape marks a space that is the size of a typical tenement apartment in the Lower East Side during the early 1900's (325 square feet). Groups of 10 students will stand in the space. Think of activites conducted in a home. Brainstorm ideas for using the space for all these activities on your list.

As a class, we will examine the following photograph that depicts immigrant life in tenements. Then, we will complete a photo analysis of the picture using I See/It Means so that you can learn how to analyze photographs when working in your small group.
 * Activity 2**

**Activity 1**
 * Day Two**

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You will be assigned to one of three immigrants and their tenement. Then you will examine three photographs that depict the tenement life of your immigrant. Each group will complete a Photo Analysis Worksheet based on their observations. =====



Use the information linked to your immigrant to find facts that will help you about write your oral history. Record your information on your Tenement Information Notes Worksheet.
 * Activity 2**

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 * Tenement #1** Victoria Cofino, 97 Orchard Street New York City

__http://www.tenement.org/immigrate/__


 * Tenement #2** Marcus Eli Ravage, Segal Tenement, Rivington Street, New York City

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Ravage, Marcus E. __ An American in the Making:The Life Story of an Immigrant. __ New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1917. pgs 11-21,51, 55, 62, 66-77, 93-98, 100, 177 media type="custom" key="12224074" "From the pier I was hustled with hundreds of others" and (at Ellis Island) "put through a lot of meaningless maneuvers by uniformed, rough officers". media type="custom" key="12329364"Page 72 excerpt (Pg 72-74 pg)" I remember how overwhelmed I was with this impressive luxury" and "suddenly crumbled away"..."suddenly becoming a camp." "revealing its true character" media type="custom" key="12329462"Page 100 excerpt (Pg 95-100) "And that evening I had the satisfaction of going to a Rumanian restaurant on Allen Street and ordering the first meal I had ever paid for in America."

Immigrants living in Boston lived much like the immigrants in the Lower East Side of New York City. Based on Information obtained from Department of Housing. Boston: Women's Municipal League of Boston, 1916, try to collect information on how Vitto Romano, pictured below, may have lived. Look at the photos on pages 21, 30, 36 __and__ 37 and 39. Also, read the accompanying passages from Department of Housing League. Find one other photo to examine and one other passage to read. Use this information to answer questions in your fictitious oral history as Vitto Romano. .
 * Tenement #3** Boston Tenement Living

http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/2580601 Hine, Lewis Wickes. Courtesy Library of Congress || Vitto Romano, 76 Charter Street, Boston MA. 1912 Boston MA. Hine, Lewis Wickes. Courtesy Library of Congress || Looking toward Leverett Street, West End, Boston. Courtesy Boston Public Library ||
 * [[image:becomingamerica/hanoverst_garments_bos_loc_1912.jpg width="384" height="280"]] || [[image:becomingamerica/vitto_romano_76charterst_loc_1912.jpg width="384" height="259"]] || [[image:becomingamerica/westend_leverett_westend_0802002438.jpg width="320" height="271"]] ||
 * Finishing garments, 10 Hanover Avenue, Boston, MA. 1912 August.

Oral History is defined by the Oral History Association as, “a method of gathering and preserving historical information through recorded interviews with participants about past events and ways of life.”  []  Oral histories are considered primary sources because they are created from people who actually saw or participated in an event and record that event or their reactions to it. Therefore, oral history are non-fiction because they are based on real events. However, in this exercise you are going to create a "fictitious" oral history. After researching your immigrant, you are going to be interviewed and report on the life of your immigrant as if you were the person creating his/her oral history.
 * Day 3)**

Use notes from Tenement Information Worksheet and Photo Analysis Worksheet to draft your oral history. You and your assigned partner will combine your information to write a script for your immigrant's oral history and, using the rubric on Day 3, score each other's script. Then, make adjustments to the script based on your partners suggestions. Once approved by your partner for accuracy, interview each other until you are both comfortable with your facts so that you will be comfortable answering any questions asked of you.






 * Day 4)** You will be interviewed for about 3-5 minutes while your "fictitious" oral history is recorded.You should know your immigrant's story so well that whatever question the interviewer asks, you will answer with ease and accuracy.

Listen to oral histories of immigrants by three grade 4 students. (Recorded: May 8, 2012 by Robert Simpson) media type="file" key="oralhistory_synan_may82012.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Listen to three more students. (Recorded: May 8, 2012 by Robert Simpson & hosted on SoundCloud) media type="custom" key="18593678" media type="custom" key="18593706" media type="custom" key="18593722"
 * Victoria Cofino by Carl**
 * Vitto Romano by John**
 * Vitto Romano by Anna**

Audio Recording Setup
Snowball Blue USB Microphone Apple Photo Connector Kit Apple iPad or iPhone App: Voice Recorder HD


 * Day 5)**
 * Wrap up: After learning about tenement life, listen to at least two other student's podcast. After listening, meet in small groups and compare and contrast life for immigrants in tenements buildings with your own life. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of tenement living.**


 * Assessments: Students will create an oral history of an immigrant living in the tenements.**

Assessment Rubric

is to be included is written out before recording begins || Most of the information that is to be included is written out before recording begins || Some of the information that is to be included is written out before recording begins || Inadequate preparation of notes. || 40% || based on primary sources, secondary sources and information learned in group || All of the Information is accurate and specific about tenement living. || Most of information is accurate and specific about tenement living. || Some of information is accurate and specific about tenement living. || Little of information is accurate and specific about tenement living. || 40% || with great ease and strong understanding of material. || Student answers questions mostly with ease and good understanding of material || Student answers questions with some ease and some understanding of material || Student answers questions with little ease and little understanding of material || 20% ||
 * You will be able to.... || Strong || Good || Adequate || Inadequate || Weighting ||
 * ...prepare notes for oral history || All of the information that
 * ..answer questions accurately
 * ...present information with ease || Student answers questions

Afflerbach, Peter. "Shutting out the Sky." //Reading Street//. Glenview, IL: Pearson ; Scott Foresman, 2008. Print.
 * Resources:**

Immigrant Children in New York City //(Below-Level)//

Nation of Many Colors, A //(On-Level)//

Land of Opportunity, The //(Adv)//

Bial, Raymond. __Tenement: Immigrant life on the Lower East Side__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

"Big Apple History . New York Living | PBS KIDS GO!" __PBS KIDS: Educational Games, Videos and Activities For Kids!__ 16 Jan. 2012 .

Gans, Herbert Julius. // The Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans. // New York U.a.: Free Pr. U.a., 1982. Print.

Granfield, Linda, and Arlene Alda. __ 97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of immigrant life __. Toronto, Ontario: Tundra Books, 2001.

Hopkinson, Deborah. __Shutting out the sky: Life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924__. New York: Orchard Books, 2003.

__ Museum of the City of New York : MCNY Homepage __. 17 Jan. 2012 .

Price, Sean. __Tenement stories: Immigrant life, 1835-1935__. Chicago, IL: Raintree, 2006.

Riis, Jacob A. __How the other half lives; studies among the tenements of New York.__ New York: Dover, 1971.

Savage, Marcus E. __An American in the Making:The Life Story of an Immigrant.__ New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1917.

"Tenement Museum | Home | THIRTEEN." __WNET__. 16 Jan. 2012 .

__ Tenement Museum---New York City Tenement Museum __. 16 Jan. 2012 .