We went to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum! Click on the link for the website, where there are some really cool online activities.We did a short walking tour of the area, but it was COLD! So we headed indoors for snacks and fun in the Confino Apartment where a costumed interpreter dressed as teenage Victoria Confino circa 1916 welcomed us as though we were newly arrived immigrants and taught us a few things about how to adapt to America. We were told our clothes looked funny and we would need to get some new ones or else we wouldn't fit in! We couldn't believe she had no t.v., no washing machine, and had to sleep on the kitchen floor!
Below are some photos the students took during the trip, click on them to enlarge. We shared cameras so it's hard to know who took which one. Also, we weren't allowed to take photos inside, sorry!
When asked to write about the most interesting thing they learned, the students wrote,
"The most amazing thing I learned at the museum is that there had to be 9-10 people per apartment and two families per bathroom." Alan
"In this trip I had so much fun. I think the most interesting thing to see was the acting because she is talking in other way. She is showing us odd things. I think in my mind this is the most fun and important thing." Tasnima
""What I learned on the trip was about the neighborhood and the things I heard about immigration life in the history channel video." Atenas
The most interesting thing I learned was about the stories on the LES, and the pink retail building." Dominique
