1. Read the poem by Emma Lazarus inside the folder on your desk.
April 13, 2014
“The New Colossus”
Read the poem by Emma Lazarus inside the folder on your desk.
Do you agree that this is the attitude of Americans today? Explain your ideas.

2. You are an immigrant in 1910
Today we are going to start a lesson that will culminate in an activity on Thursday.
You have been assigned a country and a section for research about life from in America.
You will choose a name for a character from the country you have been assigned. I have given you information on your country and why people were leaving.
As we watch videos and do research in the Media center you will think like this person might have seen the changes in the American cities.

3. Old Immigrants 1700-1860 Old immigrants-Western Europe Irish German
Northern European

4. New Immigrants 1880s-1920s New Immigrants-Eastern Europe
East& South Europe(Italy,Romania, Russia, Turkey)

5. Push Factors What is pushing the immigrants out of their homeland?
Political turmoil
Poor harvests
Religious persecution

6. Pull Factors What is pulling immigrants to the US?
“freedom”
Political stability
Opportunity to vote
Economic opportunities
land
Jobs in factories

7. Ellis Island You may want to take notes on this for your character

8. VOCABULARY
NATURALIZATION-process by which US citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen after fulfilling requirements
DEPORTATION- the removal of a person to his/her home country
NATIVISM-the belief that favors only people who are native to a country; anti-immigration