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By zachlowe1
On July 16, 2019
Bell Ringer: Czech and Slovakian Immigration to the United States
Immigration from the Czech Republic and Slovakia
This clip visits the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (IA) to learn about immigration to the United States.
Description
This bellrigner focuses on immigration of people from Europe to the United States, through a visit to the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (IA).
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How is the steamship a symbolic piece of many Americans' histories?
- What would the journey on a steamship have been like?
- How did different classes on the ship impact immigrants' journeys to America? How is this similar to/different from travel today?
- Why did Europeans immigrate to the United States in large numbers around the mid-to-late 1800s?
- What do the artifacts that immigrants brought to the United States tell you about their culture and motivations?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Czech
- Heritage
- Immigration
- Revolutions Of 1848
- Serfdom
- Shortage
- Slovak
- Steerage