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Immigration

Published on Jan 12, 2016

This is designed to be an anticipatory set before a lesson, with an essential question to get students thinking about sacrifice, bravery, and the tough choices the first immigrants through Ellis Island had to make.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

JOURNEY TO AMERICA

IMMIGRATION in the 20th century
Photo by YannGarPhoto

Would you risk

leaving all you've ever known to pursue a new life in a foreign country?
Photo by Claudio.Ar

IMAGINE...

  • There is much poverty in your country,
  • Or you are being persecuted for your religion,
  • Or you're looking for a job.
  • Is there hope in America, the "promised land" you've only seen in pictures?
Photo by Mabar

WHat would you

go without in order to afford your immigration fee?
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What would you bring

if you only had one chance to pack one suitcase?

Your family and home

left behind, to board a crowded ship to the land of opportunity
Photo by andy in nyc

What are you thinking

about to pass the time while waiting for inspections? 

What is your first step

in finding a job? Learning the language?

Will your new home

  • be worth leaving the old home?
  • What will you do to be able to see family again?

Millions of americans really

had to ask themselves one or more of these things when they immigrated.
Photo by Marco Gomes

how much would you risk?