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"No Roasted Pigeons Are Going to Fly into Their Mouths": Evaluating Two Perspectives on Immigration and Work in 18th Century Pennsylvania.
Extensions

1. Investigate first-hand accounts of immigrants of other nationalities and in other times throughout Pennsylvania history. Compare and contrast their descriptions of immigration with those of Mittelberger and Franklin. 2. Using United States census data, research the patterns of immigration to America throughout history. Identify world events (such as wars, famines, and economic downturns) that coincide with rising and falling immigration rates and use them to analyze these trends. 3. Using census data identify countries of origin for immigrants throughout United States history. Locate these countries/areas on a map. Identify trends that may be based on geography (e.g. immigrants first came from western Europe, followed by central, eastern, and southern Europe, etc.). 4. Read other writings of Benjamin Franklin. Compare and contrast the ideas he presents in "Information to Those Who Would Remove to America, by Benjamin Franklin (1760)" with writings both earlier and later in his life. 5. Read other excerpts from Gottlieb Mittelberger's book Journey to Pennsylvania. In it he describes the people, religious customs, political life, food, and social customs of Pennsylvanians. He also goes into great detail about the birds, fish, animals, flowers, trees, climate, and landforms of the colony. Compare and contrast his descriptions with modern-day Pennsylvania.

Field Trips

Anthracite Heritage Museum Field Trip
Anthracite Heritage Museum 22 Bald Mountain Road, McDade Park Scranton , Pennsylvania 18504 United States of America Phone: 570-963-4804 http://www.anthracitemuseum.org [Last accessed October 2, 2010.] This museum focuses on the daily life and work of immigrants who came from over three dozen nations to work in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Anthracite coal fields. Johnstown Area Heritage Association Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center 201 Sixth Avenue, Johnstown, 15906 Phone: 814-539-1889

The Johnstown Area Heritage Association Field Trip
The Johnstown Area Heritage Association has three separate museums that can be combined to enhance your field trip experience-the Johnstown Flood Museum, the Wagner-Ritter House and Garden, and The Discovery Center. The Discovery Center, however, is highly recommended. It takes the national topic of immigration and excels at interpreting it on a local level. As visitors walk through the exhibit, "America: Through Immigrant Eyes," they experience the sights, the sounds, and the smells of an immigrant arriving in America and coming to work in the Johnstown Area. Highlighting immigration during the turn of the century in Johnstown, visitors choose a character card (mainly of Southern and Eastern European heritage) and walk through the exhibit with interactive experiences as though they were that character.

Peter Wentz Farmstead Field Trip
Peter Wentz Farmstead Shearer Rd. & Rte. 73 Worcester, Pennsylvania 19490 Phone: 610-584-5104 To further understand the German immigrant experience, students may wish to visit a German farmstead built in the early 18th century (1744-1758) and restored to its appearance during the American Revolution period. The Georgian-style stone house includes many architectural features that reflected their German heritage, including interior paint decoration throughout. The 90-acre site is restored to an 18th century farm, with barns full of animals they would have raised and gardens and orchards full of trees, fruit, and vegetables of that time period.

Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm Field Trip
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm 1000 Turkey Hill Road Stroudsburg , Pennsylvania 18360 Phone: 570-992-6161 Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places with a number of historic buildings that provide visitors with an understanding of life on a small, Pennsylvania farm spanning from the late 18th century into the 19th and 20th centuries. Buildings on the 100-acre farm include a farm house, spring house, cabin, school house, and outhouse. Teacher resources are available online.

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