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How Did the Other Half Live?

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Young scholars study the conditions under which immigrants lived. They determine what it means to make it in America. They observe the connection between immigration and unionization and how immigration changed the City of New York. They evaluate selected photos of Jacob Riis.

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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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