Ms. Saccone's WebQuest

Ms. Saccone's WebQuest

The Immigrant Experience

YOUR TASK: You will visit New York City's Tenement Museum online. This virtual trip will show you what conditions immigrants faced when they first arrived to America. You will be able to see how these immigrants loved, worked and socialized at home.

DIRECTIONS: GO TO THIS WEBSITE :

http://www.tenement.org/virtual_tour/index_virtual.html

After entering this site- navigate through the Tenement Museum Tour. Go through all Immigrant's apartments and answer the questions given to you on your handout.

TENEMENTS

Early tenements, such as 97 Orchard Street represented some of the worst housing ever built in this country.New York's first wave of tenement construction came in the 1850s as landlords realized that they could profit from building cheap housing for the poor.

Until 1867, there were no federal, state, city laws requiring landlords to provide their tenants with amenities like running water, gas, or adequate light and ventilation, so early tenements rarely possessed them.

Ms. Saccone