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Teacher Preview: Grades 3-5 Virtual Field Trips
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When: Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 4:30 - 6:00 pm ET
Event Location: Zoom
Cost: FREE
Join us for a preview of Tenement Museum Virtual Field Trips including an overview of Museum Resources and a Q&A session!
This session will feature the story of the Rogarshevsky family and their 1911 home. It will be geared towards Grades 3-5, but teachers of all ages are welcome. On this virtual field trip, students learn about the push and pull factors of Eastern European immigration, their journey through Ellis Island, and their work in the garment industry on the Lower East Side. Through exploration of the objects in the family’s recreated apartment, historical photographs, and the 1900 census, students will evaluate the family’s ability to make financial gain while preserving their culture and traditions. Students will analyze workers’ efforts to improve working conditions through labor unions including the actual experiences of Bessie Rogarshevsky, one of the teenage daughters in the family.
This example Virtual Field Trip for grades 3-5 covers themes such as cultural identity, industrialization and labor, and push and pull factors.
Not sure if you can make it? Register anyway! All registrants will receive a recording of the preview without the Q&A session following the event.