My Story
Who are you? What is your name? What country are you from? Why did you leave your homeland? (Push factors) What did you expect life to be like in America? (Pull factors)
Where do you live? What kind of home? (Tenement, ghettos) What is your neighborhood like? Who do you live with? How do you live? (crowded rooms, lots of luxuries, dirty, well kept ???)
What do you do? Do you go to school? What kind of work do you perform? What are your work conditions like? (hours, pay, and environment)
Prejudice and The REALITY OF AMERICA Tell about the prejudice you have experienced since being in America. When you left your homeland, you had expectations that life in America would be better. Have your expectations been met?
IMAGES CITED Many photographs found in this ppt were taken by Jacob Riis, the photographer who documented child labor in the early 1900s The photographs were obtained from the following sites Geh.org Historians.org history.umd.edu Library of Congress National Archives NEH.gov New York Public Library Phil Vaughn.org The History Box University of Washington