Learning Target: I can analyze primary sources to understand how immigrants were treated in the United States. Do Now: Explain a time you witnessed someone being discriminated against.

Map of Where Immigrants Located in U.S.

Where Immigrants Settled in the U.S. Ethnic Europeans- cities Chinese- Far West Mexicans- Southwest

Why Immigrants Were Coming to the U.S. Mostly for job opportunities Freedom

How Immigrants Were Treated Once Arriving to America Lived in harsh conditions Treated as inferior by U.S. citizens Treated unfairly by employers worked in harsh conditions long hours/ low wages, child labor

Chinese Exclusion Act The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major law restricting immigration to the United States. It was enacted in response to economic fears, especially on the West Coast, where native-born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers whom they also viewed as racially inferior. The Chinese Exclusion Act, signed into law on May 6, 1882, by President Arthur, effectively halted Chinese immigration for ten years and prohibited Chinese from becoming US citizens.

Activity In cooperative learning groups you are going to read the documents from multiple viewpoints on Chinese immigrants in America, one from a Chinese immigrant worker, and one from a workingman in San Francisco. Create a T chart labeled Workingmen of San Francisco and Autobiography of a Chinese Immigrant Read and annotate the texts, fill in T-Chart with info from the viewpoints of person from assigned document Answer question two in ACE Response After completing T chart and ACE Response teach your partner about your document

Essential Question Exit Slip Was the United States justified in enacting the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Resources http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/exclusion.ht ml http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/the -complicated-history-of-us-relations-with-china http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/books/content/il essons/5/ils_gr5a_u7_c15_l2.pdf