 You have 5 minutes to finish your poem and illustrations  You are using the I Am format or three four line stanzas.  Detailed info about the experience of an Asian imigrant.

“I Am” Example I am the young son of a pilot who’s missing in action I wonder if he had time to bail out I hear my mother talking and crying on the phone I see the somber face uniformed visitor in the living room I am the son of a pilot who’s missing in action I pretend he’s home in the kitchen or in the yard I feel weak and alone I touch his shoes and his books on the self I worry that I’ll never know if he is dead or alive I cry when I realize that he won’t be home next week I am the young son of a pilot who’s missing in action I understand that he went to war I say he will come back I dream of his voice I try to imagine other pilots and soldiers in the jungle I hope they find my father I am the young son of a pilot who’s missing in action You must include specific details about the Asian immigrant experience. You will be graded on the details. Variety of colors for the pictures

 Create a political cartoon that shows the attitude you think most American’s hold towards immigrants today.  Quick sketch- Stick figures- Gets the point across, but does not need to be a work of art. Would you like some more? No, I’m already full Immigrants wanting to enter the US US Public Opinion

 Pass your Angel Island poem forward  Why do people come to the US?  What are the benefits for immigrants that come to the US?  What are the benefits for the country when immigrants arrive?  What are some complications of immigration?

 Do you think that the US should allow any one to immigrate?  Who might the government not want to come into the country? Who might they want?  Should the US put a quota or limit on the number of people allowed to immigrate?

 9/28- Life after the civil war- Primary sources- political cartoon and letters  9/30 HDT  10/5Summary for notes and PC 34  10/13Immigration packet 1-3 and prediction chart  10/15, 10/16 Immigration Journal

 Analyze the views and attitudes towards immigrants during the /late/early 1800/1900s.

 Analyze the placard.  Complete the picture on the worksheet. Quick sketch- does not need to be a work of art.  Answer the questions on the worksheet with complete sentences.  You have 3-5 minutes per card.  CLEAN UP- put a check mark on your paper next to the topic of the folder you currently have

 Say what letter you have  Read the questions and answers.  Put a star next to the cartoon you’ll be presenting

 What are some positive attitudes or views toward immigrants depicted in the cartoons?  What are some of the negative views depicted in them?  What was difficult about analyzing the cartoons?  Based on these cartoons, what kind of reception do you think immigrants could expect to find when they came to the US?  In what ways do you think American attitudes toward immigrants around the turn of the century are similar to American attitudes today? In what ways are they different?