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Dear Young Historians,�Browse Through These Amazing Postcards to help guide you and Give you Ideas for your assignment. Good Luck! Make sure to have Two of your own postcards, Use Your word bank, And Detail from the primary and secondary sources you explored this week.

Best wishes, �Ms. Gomez

Dear Young Historians,�Browse Through These Amazing Postcards to help guide you and Give you Ideas for your assignment. Good Luck! Make sure to have Two of your own postcards, Use Your word bank, And Detail from the primary and secondary sources you explored this week.

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Word Bank

Chinese Exclusion Act�Angels Island �Ellis Island�Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo �Vigilante�Lynch/Lynching�Tenements�Americanization�Yick Wo v. Hopkins�“Foreigners in their own land” (phrase)�Las Gorras Blancas�La Alianza Hispano-Americana �Nativism

Eugenics�States: �-New Mexico�-California�-Arizona�-Nevada

Court Case:�Yee Yee CHung v the united states�Social Darwinism�Jail Cure�Jim Crow�White supremacy�Rocky Springs Massacre�

Alien

Language

Angels Island

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Rubric

4 - Standard Exceeded

3 - Standard Met

2 - Standard Nearly Met

1 - Standard Not Met

Creativity

Maximal use of images and detail to make the voice and narrative appealing.

Several use of significant details and images are used to make the narrative appealing.

Minimal use of significant details and images are used to make the narrative appealing.

No use of significant details and images are used to make the narrative appealing.

-General details

Understanding and Use of Evidence

Demonstrates a thorough critical understanding of the evidence in developing an in depth response.

Demonstrates a generally accurate understanding of the evidence in developing a logical response.

Demonstrates some understanding of the evidence, but may confuse parts

Demonstrates little or no ability to understand and use the evidence.

Quality and Clarity of Ideas

Explores the issues thoughtfully and in depth.

Shows some depth and complexity of thought.

Lacks focus, repetitive or demonstrates confusion or simplistic thinking.

Is unfocused, illogical, or incoherent.

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

Is generally free from errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics.

May have some errors, but

generally demonstrates control of grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Has an accumulation of errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics that interfere with meaning.

Has serious and persistent errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics, that severely interfere with meaning

Command of Academic Language and Content Vocabulary

Effectively uses academic language and content vocabulary.

Demonstrates proper use of academic language and content vocabulary most of the time.

Demonstrates limited/improper use of academic language and/or content vocabulary.

Does not use academic language and/or content vocabulary.

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What does a postcard look like?

Postage Stamp

Name of the Person who are sending your letter too and their address. Don’t forget your short note explaining what you saw and why it interested you or why it is important.

paste in an image you might see in that place .

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Greetings from ______________

To: {Someone else’s Name}�{Address}�

{Your message/note home goes here}

�- {Your Name}

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Hello from ___________________

To: {Someone else’s Name}�{Address}�

{Your message/note home goes here}

�- {Your Name}