Immigration+assignment

Letters from America- An Immigrant’s Letter Home American History Mr. Sontheimer Leaving your home to go off to a new place is very difficult. Immigrants that came to America between 1885 and 1914 were seeking betters lives but had very little understanding of the country that they were going to relocate their lives. In the case of many immigrants earlier waves of their fellow countrymen (or women!) were already in America and helped them to make the transition to a new life. You are going to put yourself in the place of one of these experienced immigrants and write a letter back to your home country to try and encourage more members of your family or community to join you(or not come!). Your final letter will be FIVE PARAGRAPHS LONG and follow the format that I have provided. All research materials will be available to you and may choose many of the details in your letter on your own. The following writing guide must be used for this assignment. You will also include 3-5 pictures to illustrate your letter. __ Circle Your Country of Origin __  Ireland Russia Poland Italy China Japan Africa Mexico Germany
 * All of the following details should be included in your opening paragraph. (Paragraph 1) **

 Circle the reasons you left your home country __ Religious Freedom Political Freedom Economic Opportunity Rejoin Family Curiosity Taken Forcefully Others ___  __Circle the methods and include the route that you used to travel here __  Ship from Europe Ship from Asia Ship from Africa

 

Circle the city where you have settled (or closest if you decide to be a rural dweller __ New York City Philadelphia Charleston Harrisburg San Francisco Salt Lake City Other __   <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">What do you to support your family? Immigrants had a wide variety of jobs depending on their destination. Choose one occupation below (it must make sense for example you cannot be a fisherman in Salt Lake City) and include details from research about your job. Circle One <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Coal Miner Steel Worker Garment Worker Slaughterhouse Farmer Fisherman Other_ <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">How is life in America better? What do you like about living here compared to the place that you came from? Do you have more freedom? Do you have better food? What types of material possessions have you acquired? What else would you like to have? (remember all of these should be appropriate to the time period. You cannot have a plasma screen tv!) <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">What is hard about being an immigrant? Do you pay high rent? Is your home crowded? Do you face discrimination at work? What types of wages are you paid? Do you have to food available that you like?
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Work __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> - All of the following details in this section should be included in your 2nd paragraph. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Improvements- __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> All of the following details should be included in your 3rd paragraph. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Obstacles- __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">All of the following details should be included in your 4th paragraph. **

<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Finish your letter back to your native country by trying to convince someone else to either join you or stay home. Promote the benefits of immigration or warn your compatriots back home about the dangers of coming. Remember to summarize some of your key arguments from earlier in the letter to complete the task. __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Pictures- __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Your letter should be illustrated with 3-5 pictures that show aspects of your journey to America and the life you are living as an immigrant. If you need help inserting or finding photos please see me.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Conclusion- __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> All of the following details should be included in your 5th paragraph. **

Terms to Define- Click on Links to research what these terms mean. Please create a summary for each one and place it in your wikispace. I suggest that you do this first in order to learn more for your letter. [|The Huddled Masses], It is pretty much all about the Statue of Liberty. Originally it had meant the opposition to slavery but it progressively changed. Today, the Statue symbolizes opportunity and freedom. Many refer to her as the Lady of hope. She will always stand for what America really is. [|The New Immigrants], Talking about how the progression of immigrants has changed. Over time, more and more people in the US were actually born in another country. Many people have immigrated to this country for several different reasons. Some were forced here, others wanted freedom. [|The Chinese Exclusion Act] Chinese immigrants were not allowed in the US. Only people who were travelers, teachers, merchants etc were allowed. Some men were working in the US while their families were to remain in China. He Geary Act forced Chinese immigrants to carry a residence certificate at all times. [|Contract Agreement] In the 1840’s approximately 380,000 chinese laborers to the US mainland and 46,000 to Hawaii. Demand for labors kept growing so people kept migrating. People from China, Japan, India, In the British Carribean colonies, for evry 100 men, 0 women were recruited so they could promote family life. [|Immigration Restriction] Tells of how resrictions have arrived, and how certain people were not allowed ot immigrate. Paupers, criminals etc were not allowed to immigrate to the U.S. [|United States's Changing Face] Practically talking about how the immigration rates have changed. Today, America is being called the fracial country because so any peopel have immigrated here. We live in such a diverse country, one of many races. cut_ Grade Criteria-Please attach to final paper draft. __/15 Letter contains five well-written paragraphs that are joined together with a logical introduction and conclusion. Must include completed writing guide.__ __/ 15 Letter contains AT LEAST three relevant and plausible details about immigration and the immigrant experience__ __/ 10 Letter demonstrates creativity and enthusiasm for the assignment.__ __/ 10 Required terms are displayed in wikispace with letter and pictures. <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; text-decoration: none;">