Teach students about labor movements with the 1910 census and a 16-year old immigrant’s story.
This lesson is part of our Upper Elementary Unit Plan.
This lesson is part of our Upper Elementary Unit Plan.
Students are introduced to the Rogarshevsky family by investigating the 1910 census. By reading the family article, “The Rogarshevsky Family Story,” they evaluate how 16-year-old Bessie Rogarshevsky may have participated in the labor movements of the early 20th century and made a difference for workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
Making A Difference
What will students understand through this lesson?
How do we do history detective work with a document to learn about a family?
1-3 Class Periods
This tour feature the families highlighted in this resource. Click the link below to learn more.
See the type of work an immigrant family from the early 20th century, The Rogarshevksys, are doing based on this census.
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