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Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-2 (page 3):

 Question 1: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? The influx of unskilled Irish immigrants into New York

City in the 1840s and early 1850s drives down wages for other workers at the low end of the salary ladder.

 Question 2: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? In 1908, Aram Pothier, an immigrant from Quebec, is

elected governor of Rhode Island with strong support from the Québécois community.

 Question 3: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Irish immigrants and first-generation Irish-Americans

come to dominate the hierarchy of the American Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century.

 Question 4: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Immigration to the United States comes to be seen as

a “rite of passage” for young Québécois women in the early twentieth century.

Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-3 (page 4):

 Question 5: If you had to write a paper on the Lincoln assassination, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic.

 Question 6: If you had to write a paper on Title IX, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic.

Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-4 (page 3):

 Question 7: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through the lens of political history.

 Question 8: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through the lens of economic history.