Immigration



Coming to America…An Immigration Scrapbook

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“The past is intelligible to us only in the light of the present; and we can fully understand the present only in the light of the past.”

-Edward Hallet Carr, Historian

Introduction

Since the time of the Pilgrims people have left their homeland to embrace the American dream. They came from around the world to promises of a better life in our country. Is the dream the same for all people? You will discover about your group:

• Why have they sought America?

• What was there experience in seeking the dream (how did they travel, what was their port of entry and where did they eventually settle, what type of work did they seek)?

• What contributions did they make to our society?

Overriding question to be answered: How do the contributions your group made in the past impact your life today?

Task

As a team research your assigned immigrant group and present their experience as a PowerPoint scrapbook. You must be sure that your images reflect the questions in the introduction. Lastly, answer the big question.

Immigrant Groups (choose one major group or a country within one)

o Europeans – English, German, Italians, Scots, Irish, Jews, Poles and Scandinavian

o Spanish – Cubans and Mexicans

o Asian – Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese

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Process

4. Getting Started

a. Set up a folder called immigration_your names within your class folder.

5. Research for information and pictures. Divide into the role of photographer and researcher (these roles may be switched to take turns).

a. Photographer is responsible for finding and saving images to your immigration folder.

b. Researcher’s role is to locate the information that answers the questions and will place that info in the Researcher’s Note Page.

c. Work Cited- you must note the source of your information and pictures. The work cited will be your final slide of your presentation. Keep track of the web page address and the title of the page for each source. Note that images also need the date that you saved them from the web. (Tip: Copy and paste into your notes.)

Eg. Ellis Island Photo Album, , accessed Feb. 3, 2006

3. Using the PowerPoint paper template supplied by your teacher make a storyboard of your presentation.

4. Create your PowerPoint scrapbook. You may each work on slides on your own computer, and then merge them into one presentation.

Resources

Links by Ethnic Group (Alphabetically):

Chinese:

Chinese Immigration 1851-1900

Immigration – Chinese

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Asian American Voices

Immigration Station

Cuban

Immigration - Puerto Rican/Cuban

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Cuban Immigration to the US

German

Immigration - German (click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information)

Immigration to the US 1851-1900

German Immigrants in Texas

Coming to America (read the directions on this page to link to information)

Irish

Immigration to the US 1851-1900

Immigration - Irish

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

The Potato Famine

Irish Catholics

Coming to America (read the directions on this page to link to information)

Italians

Immigration – Italian

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Immigrants in the Progressive Era

An Interview with Roland Damiani

Italian Immigration by Digital History

Japanese

Immigration – Japanese

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Asian American Voices

Immigration Station

Mexican

Immigration – Mexican

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Mexican American Voices

Poles

Immigrants in the Progressive Era

Louis T, “I Sell Fish”

Adam Laboda, Polish Textile Worker

Immigration – Russian/Poles

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Puerto Rican

Immigration - Puerto Rican/Cuban

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Puerto Rican Immigrants

Russians

Immigrants in the Progressive Era

The Saranoff Family Embraces America

Immigration – Russian/Poles

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Scandinavian

Immigration - Scandanavian

➢ Click the Next button or the links on the bottom of the page for more information

➢ Click on the picture of the globe for ports of entry of this group

Recollections of a Norwegian

Home, Home on the Plains

Scottish

The Legacy of Scottish Immigrants

British Custom Report: tale of 3 immigrants

Scottish Immigrants

Encyclopedia of Chicago - Scots

Interesting Info:

o American Memory Collection – images

o Digital History – Ethnic America - images

o The Branding of America – origin of some of our products

o The Great American Potluck – origin of our recipes

o Interactive US map of immigration over time

o Immigration Island - listen

Evaluation

|CATEGORY |4 |3 |2 |1 |

|Content |All content throughout the |Most of the content is |The content is generally |Content is typically |

| |presentation is accurate. |accurate but there is one |accurate, but one piece of |confusing or contains more |

| |There are no factual errors.|piece of information that |information is clearly |than one factual error. |

| | |might be inaccurate. |flawed or inaccurate. | |

|Use of Graphics |All graphics are attractive |A few graphics are not |All graphics are attractive |Several graphics are |

| |(size and colors) and |attractive but all support |but a few do not seem to |unattractive AND detract |

| |support the theme/content of|the theme/content of the |support the theme/content of|from the content of the |

| |the presentation. |presentation. |the presentation. |presentation. |

|Sequencing of Information |Information is organized in |Most information is |Some information is |There is no clear plan for |

| |a clear, logical way. It is |organized in a clear, |logically sequenced. An |the organization of |

| |easy to anticipate the type |logical way. One card or |occassional card or item of |information. |

| |of material that might be on|item of information seems |information seems out of | |

| |the next card. |out of place. |place. | |

|Collaboration with Partner |Parnters delegate tasks and |Partners delegate tasks and |Partners delegate tasks and |Partners do not delegate |

| |shares responsibility |shares responsibility |shares responsibility |well or share responsibility|

| |effectively all of the time.|effectively most of the |effectively some of the |of tasks. |

| | |time. |time. | |

|The Big Question |Scrapbook answers the |Scrapbook tells how their |Scrapbook relates a |This question was not |

| |question: How did the |group contributed to |contribution from the past, |answered in any format. |

| |contributions of their group|society, but does not relate|but not from their | |

| |effect life today? |it to their life. |immigrant. | |

|Work Cited |All sources and images are |All sources are listed, but |Some of the sourcces are |No sources are cited. |

| |cited in the proper format. |not in the proper format. |cited. | |

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Images: Ellis Island Photo Album, , accessed Feb. 3, 2006

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