Alabama Social Studies SS24.US1.15a
The Standard
- SS24.US1.15
- Evaluate the United States’ efforts to increase engagement with Asia and the Pacific Islands in the late nineteenth century.
Describe the economic contributions of Asian immigrants in the second half of the nineteenth century and the hostility they faced in the United States.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe how Asian immigrants worked on railroads, farms, and in small businesses in the late 1800s. They explain how violence and laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act harmed immigrant communities.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how Chinese workers helped build western railroads and name another kind of work Asian immigrants did. They can describe a specific act of hostility and its effect.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Asian immigrants worked only on railroads or that the Chinese Exclusion Act barred all Asian immigrants. They may think hostility meant only rude comments, rather than violence and legal limits.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: “Name two kinds of work Asian immigrants did in the late 1800s. How did one law or act of violence affect them?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On a printed 1869 railroad map, trace the Central Pacific line and place job cards for Chinese tracklayers, tunnel crews, and cooks.
Read a short excerpt from the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, then write how the law affected Chinese workers and their families.
Sort cards labeled railroad work, farming, laundries, mob attacks, and exclusion laws into contributions and hostility; explain one choice aloud.
Compare an 1880s western railroad map with a current freight rail map, then mark a route that still carries goods.
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