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| Notes about this image: | This 1887 cartoon, called "America's Hearty Welcome to the Innocent Emigrant," shows the gauntlet of fraud that immigrants had to run upon arrival in New York City. This line of swindle and theft often extended from before the immigrant arrived until either he was impoverished or reached his final destination. Captions in cartoon: Bogus Expressmen, Heavy Charges, Bogus Employment Agency, $10 Week Salaries, Fraudulent R.R. Tickets, Baggage Seizer, Pretended Relation, Boarding-House Runner, Confidence Operator, Female Swindler, Custom House Extortions. |
| Citation: | Culver Pictures, 150 West 22nd St., Ste. 300, New York, NY 10011. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 3, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 14. 8.6.3 |
| Standard: | 8.6-3.00 the reasons for the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to the U.S. and growth in the number, size, and spatial arrangements of cities (e.g., Irish immigrants and the Great Irish Famine) |
“The History Project experience is usually described [by Elk Grove teachers] as high quality, easily applicable and very collaborative. Teachers enjoy being treated like professionals and enjoy their opportunities to network and collaborate with other professionals at these workshops. Teachers generally comment on the importance of learning new content. Even the veteran history teacher will remark that he or she is never too experienced to learn new things and it is clear that this enthusiasm has to carry over into the classroom. The program has changed the philosophy and the approach that some teachers are taking to teaching literacy in the history classroom.”
Dave Byrd
District History Program Specialist
Elk Grove Unified School District Curriculum and Professional Learning Department