Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side |
Publication Information
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Author: Bial, Raymond |
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Title: Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side |
Date: 2002 |
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin |
City: Boston |
ISBN, paperback: 0-618-13849-8 |
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Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
Lots of photographs and a fairly easy-to-read text tell the story of the tenements that were built to house immigrants during the turn of the century (19th - 20th). Further reading includes books for adults and children as well as related WWW sites. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Learners may want to compare living in poverty then and now, cities and rural areas, etc. Many cities are currently reconsidering their public housing options, so newspaper or magazine articles would provide supplementary reading. This text could belong, as well, in a unit about immigration and the development of neighborhoods for new immigrants, a topic that also lends itself to then-and-now consideration. Local historical societies have more information. |
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