Journey to America: A Chronology of Immigration in the 1900s

by Danny Kravitz

Overview

Millions of people made the long journey to America in the early 1900s. They looked for freedom, safety, or the promise of a new life. Follow the waves of immigrants that flooded into the United States to see why they came and how they changed the country. Meets Common Core standards for analyzing chronology text structures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491478899
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	U.S. Immigration in the 1900s
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	17 MB
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Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Danny Kravitz is an Emmy award-winning writer, songwriter, and a professor of screenwriting at Columbia College in Chicago. He has written for TV, film, and print media. A lover of history and the stories contained within, Danny combines his passion for storytelling with the amazing facts of the past. He is also a sports and nature enthusiast. He resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 To America 4

Chapter 2 The First Waves of Immigration 8

Chapter 3 The New Immigration 16

Chapter 4 Entering the Country 28

Chapter 5 Nativism 34

Chapter 6 Changing American Life 38

Timeline 44

Glossary 46

Read More 47

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 47

Internet Sites 47

Index 48

Interviews

Specifically crafted to help students explore immigration through different text structures, including primary sources, compare/contrast, and chronology. Series includes three nonfiction books paired with a fiction story to help further explore immigration from differing viewpoints.