Using the information you have learned from Chapter 20 and the video and magazine articles in class as well as my website
The New Immigrants (see link below)
complete the following information with your group:
Take on your identity of an immigrant. Fill out the planning guide and then write your story by adding details from your research. You may type or write the answers. There should be one from each group with all group names on the story.
My name is (immigrant identity)
I am _______years old. I speak (languages)___________________.
I come from__________________.
In my country I was a _______________(job or grade of student)
I lived with __________________.
I left my country because_______________.
I journeyed to America in (year)_____ on (name of ship)__________.
When I first saw the Statue of Liberty I said,_____________________.
Getting processed at Ellis Island was _______________. This is what happened__________.
My hopes for a new life in America are______________.
In America, I plan to live in (city, state)_____________because __________.
I will earn a living by __________________.
America is different from my country in these ways:________
In a few days I will give each group one scene to prepare a skit for “The New Immigrants”, we will begin to present the plays the next day.
Possible scenes:
Leaving the Old Country
Life on the ship and coming into New York Harbor
Ellis Island
Arriving in the city---greeting father or family for the first time/ Tenement Life
Work or school life
Twenty-five years later
Your score will be a combination of your written story (40) and your participation in your skit. (20) You will also have a grade for your group participation (40)
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