“97 Orchard Street” is an article about a tenement museum in New York City. In the mid-1800s to early-1900s, many immigrants in New York lived in tenement buildings with many small apartments. This article tells about the efforts of the museum to show visitors what life in a tenement was like. Tours give visitors a chance to see firsthand what living conditions were like for the urban poor.
Visitors can also learn about efforts to improve housing conditions and learn about housing rights.
“The Pros and Cons of Tenement Life” lists the advantages and disadvantages of living in tenements.
Key Words :
• exhibit: something shown to the public
• inspectors: officials who examine things
carefully
• mission: an assignment or purpose
• neighborhood: a small area of town
• preserved: kept from harm or change
• tenement: apartment house in a poor area
of a city
Academic Words
benefit = something that helps you
or gives you an advantage
➡ One benefit of living in a small town is that you
know your neighbors.
community = all the people living in one place
➡ New York City’s SoHo district is known as a
community of artists.
cultural = relating to a particular society and its way of life
➡ The Jewish Museum offers many cultural programs. They teach art, music, and crafts.
immigrants = people who enter another country in order to live there
➡ In the early 1900s, many immigrants left their
homelands and came to America.
items = things in a set, group,
or list ➡ The museum displays items that immigrants brought from their home countries.
Word Study: Silent Letters
In English there are certain letter combinations in which one letter is “silent.” It is important to know these combinations when spelling many words. Here are some common combinations: gn, bt, mb, and kn.
1. align
2. comb
3. doubtful
4. foreign
5. knife
6. know
7. lamb
8. subtle
Highlighted Words:
landmarks, buildings or important,
historical places
symbolize, represent
restored, made to look like it used to
Victrola, music player that sits inside a cabinet
reform movement, movement intended to bring about change
campaign, series of actions intended to achieve a particular result tolerance, the acceptance of other people and cultures as they are
social welfare, a government program that
gives assistance to the poor
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