Bloom's Taxonomy
| Knowledge | Where did most Irish immigrants enter America? What kind of jobs did most Italian immigrants take? |
| Comprehension | What were some of the reasons these immigrants decided to leave Ireland? |
| Application | Describe how you would have felt being an Italian immigrant on the trip to America, and during the process of entering the country. |
| Analysis | Compare and contrast the living situations Irish immigrants faced in America versus what they were used to in Ireland. Compare and contrast the living situations Italian immigrants faced in America versus what they were used to in Italy. |
| Synthesis | Do you believe that we should continue to welcome new immigrants or close the borders permanently? Is there room more cultural evolution, or have we already gained an identity? |
| Evaluation | Having discovered the type of conditions Italian immigrants had to endure, do you feel the opportunities America offered were worth the sacrifice? What were some of the positives and negatives of leaving Italy for America? Do you feel like it was worth the risk? Explain why Mexican Americans are described as some of the oldest and newest inhabitants of the US? |