Primary Source Activities: Licking County Naturalization Declarations of Intent
Author: Matthew Thomas
Grade(s): 9
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1. What names and places are listed on the document?
2. When was this document created?
Level II: Interpretation
1. What does the document require people to do?
2. What is the function of this document?
Level III: Analysis
1. Why do you think people would complete such a document?
2. Why would the government have people complete this type of document?
3. If presented with this document today, do you think you would sign it? Explain.
Standards
- History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
- Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19th century including: b. Immigration and child labor and their impact on the labor force.
