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5.27 -- Explain how American citizens were expected to participate in, monitor, and bring about changes in their government over time, and give examples of how they continue to do so today.
 * Standard: **

**Guiding Question: ** What were immigrants’ claims on citizenship?

**Lesson Essential Questions:** What does it mean to be an immigrant? What is citizenship? What does it mean to be an American? How did immigrant Irish during the American Civil War claim citizenship for themselves?

**Title:** Fighting to Fit In: The Irish Struggle to Be One with the Union

**Introduction:**

During class today, you will discuss your thoughts in an open, classroom forum-style discussion to the followed by an introductory slideshow of photographs of immigrants coming to America. Some of these images we analyzed when we learned about the theme of movement. You will be viewing these pictures with a different lens, however. The notion of immigration and citizenship will be discussed during the next few class sessions. Some questions to think about include the following:  · Why would a recent Irish immigrant choose to fight in the Union Army?  · Was fighting a way for them to achieve citizenship in their new homeland? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You will be working with primary source material in order to analyze the experiences of the recent Irish immigrants to America who felt the necessity to fight in the Civil War to achieve citizenship in their new homeland. In order to introduce you to the notion of recording history, you will each be given a worksheet with terms from the Word Wall. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The topic is Irish and the Civil War. You will take on the roles of Irish immigrants in Boston during the Civil War. You will be working with various primary source documents to better understand the choices made by the soldiers in the Irish Brigades. In particular, you are facing the choice of whether or not to become a Union soldier and fight.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Task: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First, you will consider movement and migration and the reasons why Irish chose to immigrate to the United States. Next you will gain more background on the American Civil War. Then you will look at letters and writings about Irish immigrants who became soldiers in the United States Army 1861-1865. What motivated them to join? Why would a recent immigrant from Ireland to Boston choose to join the U.S. Army and fight in the Civil War? What did enlisting offer? What could you, a recent Irish immigrant, offer by enlisting? Did the efforts of Irish immigrant soldiers like you support the U.S. government? Would you receive the benefits of citizenship in return?


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson Process: **

Day One <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Irish in America <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Your warm-up today will be to define these terms as best you can.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Opening of the Lesson: · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Your warm-up today will be to define these terms as best you can. Use the “Fighting to Fit In: The Irish Struggle to Be One with the Union: Word Wall Vocabulary” worksheet. · <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Key terms include nativism, bigotry, assimilation, multiculturalism, immigration, Know-Nothings, Civil War, Gettysburg, Irish Brigade. · <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We will discuss the following question: //Which term causes the MOST disagreement when trying to write a common class definition?//



<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Scaffolding Activity: Why Move and Settle Someplace Else? · <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">View the images from the “From Place to Place: The Theme of Movement.” PowerPoint. <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Don’t forget the theme of movement from earlier in the year. Think of push and pull factors. <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Activity -- What was the U.S. Civil War? Why would immigrants participate?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">View the following presentation. What was the Civil War? Why did some recent Irish immigrants to the U.S. join the army? Would you as an Irish immigrant join the Union Army?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The following two maps and PowerPoint will help set the scene.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

Map of the United States, showing by colors the area of freedom and slavery, and the territories whose destiny is yet to be decided, exhibiting also the Missouri compromise line, and the routes of Colonel Fremont in his famous explorations

Author: Publisher: Elliott, G. W. Date: 1856 Location: United States

The World, on the globular projection with a graduation for the measurement of distances especially adapted for the use oe [sic] schools, geographical & historical lectures, and missionary meetings

Author: Tracy, Joseph Publisher: Crocker & Brewster Date: 1843 Location: Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere



Debriefing-- <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Homework from last night will be reviewed and discussed. (See page entitled “Historical Evidence in Your Daily Life” which was last night’s homework.) Be willing to participate! Don’t forget: there are no wrong answers. <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">

Civil War background

<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Day Two: <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Irish in the Civil War

Warm-up: Writing Prompt for your Journal. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Would letters from other immigrant Irish soldiers convince you to join the Union Army? Why or why not? Would joining aid you and/or the U.S. government? In what ways? // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Group Activity (to be done in groups of four) · <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Read your <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> group's document from the folder. · <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Think about what you have read. · <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Discuss with your group members what you have read as a group. · <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Complete the double-sided handout which all group members should have. The worksheet is called “Primary Source Document Analysis.” · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Go to another group’s document after a given period of time <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. //After this class session, you will have visited at least two stations and have read two primary source materials.//

· <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The documents are linked below.

[|__http://www.28thmass.org/letters.htm__] [|__http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/brigades/IrishBrigade_McLernon.pdf__] [|__http://www.winonahistory.org/companyK/st__patrick's_day__1863.htm__] [|__http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E13FD3A5B1B7493C0A81789D95F458684F9__]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are several articles from America's Historical Newspapers:

1) Pittsfield Sun 5/02/1861-2 http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/1106CDC818C78568/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

2) Barre Gazette 1/17/1862 Facts About the Volunteers http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/10B7ADAB360D2498/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

3) Barre Gazette 4/18/1862 The Emerald Tint of the Army http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/10B7ADEDBB909C88/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

4)Pittsfield Sun 5/9/1861 An Irish Regular's Reasons for Not Deserting with His Officer http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/1106CDCAF1C8B870/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

5) Philadelphia Inquirer 10/8/1861 Eloquent Address at Concert Hall. Oration of Capt. T. F. Meagher @http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/1134CDD5B525E178/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

6) Daily Delta 8/28/1862 Letter from an Irish Soldier @http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/11360B12456568A0/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

7) New Orleans Times 1/31/1861 The "Fenians" @http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX/110D2A8025276210/0F20FECAAFCBE6ED

<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Debriefing: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Think about what the primary source documents were telling you. What does it say about the Irish immigrants? What can we learn about reasons for fighting in the American Civil War? Was citizenship a reason? What would be our reasons to fight or not fight if we were recent Irish immigrants? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Share your answers to these questions and information gained from the primary source documents with your group.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Homework:

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Create your own "primary source." Write a letter describing what it would be like to fight for your new homeland of America. Use information from the primary sources you have seen in class.

**Day Three** **<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Nationalism and Citizenship ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Share your letter with the class. Listen to the letters of others.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Write a reflection of what it means to be an American <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and evaluate the method employed by various Massachusetts the Irish Regiments during the Civil War.

<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">//<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-style: normal;">Answer this question the following in your journal: Why did recent Irish immigrants to the United States fight in the Civil War? //

**Conclusion:** <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 27pt;">Now that you have learned about the sacrifices one immigrant group, the Irish, made in order to keep the country united, go home and talk about what you have learned with your family. Discover what kinds of sacrifices were made by your ancestors to get you where you are and/or to get this country where it is today.

= **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment: ** =


 * //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO… // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">STRONG // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">GOOD // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">ADEQUATE // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">INADEQUATE // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">WEIGHTING // ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Discuss their opinion of who a citizen is and how they should be treated as a citizen in a democratic nation, given prior knowledge and personal experiences. || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Demonstrates a clear focus and willingness to learn through a great deal of positive and active participation in verbal and written form // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Demonstrates a focus and willingness to learn through positive and active participation in verbal and written form. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Demonstrates a somewhat clear focus and sometimes willingness to learn through active participation in verbal and/or written form // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Almost demonstrates a focus and willingness to learn through active participation on occasion whether it be in verbal or written form. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">15% // ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Given a group reading of primary source documents, identify actions taken by Irish immigrants to fight the inequalities and write a well-developed reflection || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Composition stays focused on the topic at hand; provides necessary information; and is polished/free of errors. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Composition stays mostly focused on the topic at hand; provides information; and is mostly polished/free of errors. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Composition is sometimes focused on the topic; provides some information; and has a few errors. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Composition does not stay focused on the topic; provides a few bits of information; and has errors/ needs polishing. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">70% // ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Successfully compare and contrast their own experiences with recording events of their lives with those faced during the Civil War, given prior knowledge and personal experience. || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Demonstrates a clear focus and willingness to learn through a great deal of positive and active participation in verbal and written form // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Demonstrates a focus and willingness to learn through positive and active participation in verbal and written form. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Demonstrates a somewhat clear focus and sometimes willingness to learn through active participation in verbal and/or written form // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Almost demonstrates a focus and willingness to learn through active participation on occasion whether it be in verbal or written form. // || //<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">15% // ||
 * Resources:**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NPS Civil War Soldiers Letters Home <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://americancivilwar.com/kids_zone/soldiers_letters_civil_war.html

<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.libraryireland.com/Maguire/XXIX-1.php

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gilder Lehrman resources <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/subject.htm

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Why the Irish Fought for the Union" <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.jcs-group.com/military/war1861ahouse/irish.html

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Library of Congress, Irish Immigration <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish.html

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PBS Civil War Resources <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/annotated_list.html

<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">28th Massachusetts Volunteers, historical reenactors website @http://www.28thmass.org/index.htm

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