4-3 Project 1_ Writing Plan Submission
docx
keyboard_arrow_up
School
Southern New Hampshire University *
*We aren’t endorsed by this school
Course
HIS 200
Subject
History
Date
Apr 3, 2024
Type
docx
Pages
5
Uploaded by DukeClover8701
4-3 Project 1: Writing Plan Submission Kelly Gray
Applied History When the Irish potato famine hit in 1840, it merged a huge wave of immigration. The Irish people who did immigrate made up ⅓ of the people who moved to the United States in the 19th Century. When these Irish immigrants settled in the United States they were greeted with discrimination and they were resented. That riled up the anti-Irish ways of life and thinking when
it came to the Americans that already lived there. The Irish were seen as an unnecessary load on society. They felt as if the Irish were going to take away all of their resources and all of the
employment. That ultimately led to competition, prejudice, social marginalization and stereotypes. Nonetheless, the community of Irish people maintained themselves, contributing remarkably towards American Society. The Irish Workers played a crucial role in work-intensive
manpower such as working on railroads. They made off of the largest contributions as far as groundwork projects such as working in the canals, construction, and mining. As I’ve been researching how and when the Irish came to the United States, I propose to answer these certain research questions: “In what ways did the Irish people contribute to the development of the US after the potato famine, and in what ways did it affect how the economy grew in the United States during that period of time?” “What roles specifically did the Irish have when they built the railroads and the canals in the US and how did their contributions influence how transportation networks grew?” Doing research I have been focusing on keywords. Some of the keywords that have been relevant and helpful are Irish Americans, potato famine, Irish immigration, and Erie Canal. It is crucial to understand how this migration happened to be able to comprehend its impact on the economy of the US. One of the best secondary resources that I found was a journal called “Irish Immigration”. It gave me a very comprehensive look on how the immigration wave happened in the United States around the 1840’s while focusing attention on the different contributions that were made by these Irish immigrants to America. Another valuable resource that I came across is also called “Irish Immigration” but is written by different people. I found a really good primary source called “Where no Irish need to apply” with a job posting as well. What these signs implied was that every new immigrant that came to the United States was not wanted here. Over a long period of time, the Irish prevailed when it came to discrimination and they won. These people made sure that they assimilated into US society, so well you would think to yourself “How/Why were the Irish so oppressed in the first place?” The
controversy over the posters “Irish no need to Apply” asks the same exact questions that have been brought up by all of the immigrant groups who’ve came to America since then, were all trying to figure out if they were being discriminated against because they lacked in material items like housing and their lower paying occupations, or were they just a casualty of how others
felt about them as a whole. Another Primary resource that I discovered was a batch of letters called “Inspiring immigrant letters home to Ireland”. These letters were sent home to family and
friends in Ireland from America in the era of the famine. The letters that were sent home are a really good way of experiencing what they may have been going through while trying to get their
lives together in America, and also a good way to learn what was going on in Ireland during the potato famine after most people died or left the country. Some of the letters are from America being sent to Ireland, and some of the letters are from Ireland to America. Most of these immigrants from Ireland never returned to their homeland. The things that make my sources appropriate for investigating my event are the actual keywords that I am using to conduct my research. They enable the people who are reading to take on a faster impression about what they are about to read from an academic standpoint. Keywords also give very valuable information for the people who are researchers who plan on searching for certain articles that are related to my specific topic. My thought process was to “Find any relatable and credible information that I can to correlate with what I am trying to explain.” I made choices solely based on credible scholarly information that is completely true in
the events that happened. The audience that I’ve decided to choose are students that are in highschool. When I first started
highschool, history education was very superficial and didn’t have too much depth into what we were learning. When we learned about specific topics everything was so shallow and basic. Our
Your preview ends here
Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version
- Access to all documents
- Unlimited textbook solutions
- 24/7 expert homework help
teachers and textbooks never did any kind of deep dive and it was paced very fast. It is very important that highschool kids gain way more knowledge into history than what they already know. Our highschool kids need to have more of an understanding on how the substructure of our country has progressed since the Irish immigrants set foot here in America. When I tailor my message to these highschool students, I don’t want to oversimplify my work, but I also want to make sure that my terminology is something that these kids can actually understand. Highschool children want to feel as if they can comprehend what is going on anytime a speaker does a presentation on a topic. Using terminology that is complicated can turn young students completely off and it can overstimulate some of them. Having a precise foundation of the topic I will be presenting is very important and I need to make sure that they understand why the Irish people migrated to the United States. It is going to be crucial that they learn all of their hardships with great detail. Topic Resources
Primary: Keough, M. (2017, June 19). Inspiring emigrant letters home to Ireland from
America in the Famine era. IrishCentral.com. https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/inspiring-emigrant-letters-home-to-ireland-
from-america-in-the-famine-era
Secondary: Irish Immigration. (2004). In L. W. Baker, S. Benson, J. L. Outman, R.
Valentine, & R. Matuz (Eds.), U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
(Vol. 1,
pp. 247-281). UXL.
https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/apps/doc/CX3436800019/UHIC?
u=nhc_main&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=f54225a2
Benson, S., Brannen, D. E., Jr., & Valentine, R. (2009). Irish Immigration. In UXL
Encyclopedia of U.S. History
(Vol. 4, pp. 793-795). UXL. https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/apps/doc/CX3048900315/UHIC?
u=nhc_main&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=4ed9182f