Where They Settled

Use a map and table to see where immigrants settled.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 19

Where did immigrants go? Use a map and a table together, just as you did in World 1. This table shows the percent of people in each city who were born in another country.
In New York City, about 41 percent of the people were born in another country. That's about 4 of every 10! In New Orleans, it was about 8 percent.
Draw a conclusion. Immigrants mostly settled in big northern and western cities, where factories, mills, and docks needed workers.
Others went where the land or their neighbors were. Many Germans and Scandinavians farmed the Midwest. Many from China and Japan settled on the West Coast, and many from Mexico in the Southwest.
New neighborhoods grew, with familiar food, languages, and houses of worship. Try it with a grown-up: ask where your family came from.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS5H1.d — Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.
MGS.11 — Map and Globe Skill 11: compare maps with data sets (charts, tables, graphs) and /or readings to draw conclusions and make generalizations (mastered in Grade 5)