Activity
ACTIVITY
1.3
America’s Promise
LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Learning Targets
Previewing, Marking the Text,
Think-Pair-Share, SOAPSTone
Before Reading
1. The Statue of Liberty has long been a welcoming figure to the millions of immigrants who have come to the United States of America. What feelings or thoughts do you think people might have when looking at the Statue of Liberty for the first time as a new arrival to this country?
Source: “An ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty: Scene on the Steerage Deck,” from Frank
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 2, 1887. Reproduced by permission of Accessible Archives.
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
A primary source is an original document or image created by someone who experiences an event first-hand.
2. When looking at a primary source such as this illustration, it is important to consider both the message and context of the source. The following guiding questions will help you think about the source and its context:
Immigrants going toward freedom
1887, the context
Sets up the context
3. With a partner, preview the text on the next page, using the questions to guide your thinking about a primary source.
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My Notes
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ACTIVITY 1.3
continued
During Reading
4. As you read the sonnet written for and placed on a plaque on the Statue of
Liberty, annotate the places in the text where you see the connections to the imagery of the illustration on the previous page.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emma Lazarus was born in 1849 in New York. She was educated by private tutors and became a prolific reader. She began writing poems as a child and later wrote magazine articles and essays, as well as five-act dramas. Her poem “The New Collossus” grew, at least in part, out of her advocacy for
Jewish immigrants.
My Notes
1. The poem might be saying something about rights and freedom. 2. The source
1.3
America’s Promise
LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Learning Targets
Previewing, Marking the Text,
Think-Pair-Share, SOAPSTone
Before Reading
1. The Statue of Liberty has long been a welcoming figure to the millions of immigrants who have come to the United States of America. What feelings or thoughts do you think people might have when looking at the Statue of Liberty for the first time as a new arrival to this country?
Source: “An ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty: Scene on the Steerage Deck,” from Frank
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 2, 1887. Reproduced by permission of Accessible Archives.
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
A primary source is an original document or image created by someone who experiences an event first-hand.
2. When looking at a primary source such as this illustration, it is important to consider both the message and context of the source. The following guiding questions will help you think about the source and its context:
Immigrants going toward freedom
1887, the context
Sets up the context
3. With a partner, preview the text on the next page, using the questions to guide your thinking about a primary source.
8
© 2014 College Board. All rights reserved.
My Notes
SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 11
ACTIVITY 1.3
continued
During Reading
4. As you read the sonnet written for and placed on a plaque on the Statue of
Liberty, annotate the places in the text where you see the connections to the imagery of the illustration on the previous page.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emma Lazarus was born in 1849 in New York. She was educated by private tutors and became a prolific reader. She began writing poems as a child and later wrote magazine articles and essays, as well as five-act dramas. Her poem “The New Collossus” grew, at least in part, out of her advocacy for
Jewish immigrants.
My Notes
1. The poem might be saying something about rights and freedom. 2. The source