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by Gil Gorospe
You and your family want to move to the foreign land of America. You and your family will create a scrapbook about your experiences as an immigrant in the late 1800's and early 1900's (1880's - 1920's).
Your family: You will
each take on an identity to create your fictitious family (e.g.
mom, dad, daughter, son, or grandparents)
Your task:
1. You and three others
will be assigned to research an ethnic group to represent (Irish,
Chinese, Japanese, Germans, Italians, Scandinavian, Jewish, and
Mexicans).
2. Your team will research the following information:
a. Reasons why your family came to the United States.
What was your journey over like and what happened when you arrived
at Ellis Island or Angel Island.
b. What was school like
c. What kind of jobs did your family get.
d. Your Choice: e.g. the neighborhood, food, religion, family
3. With your research information you will create pictures, post
cards, letters, drawings, journal entries, artifacts (ticket
stub from the Ellis Island ferry?) to put in your scrapbook.
You must have a variety of items in your scrapbook.
4. For each item you put in your scrapbook you must write in
the significance of the item, e.g. what is the picture about,
what is the significance of a post card or a paycheck stub from
your first paycheck, etc.
5. You must also tell a story about your topic. Be sure to include
the research information about the five topics listed above.
Other guidelines....
·You must design a Cover for your scrapbook
with your names and class period.
·Introduce your family members on the first page.
·You must have at least four pages to your
scrapbook (not including cover)
·Make sure your scrapbook is colorful and neat.
Resources: You will find your information in textbooks,
photos, books, almanacs, atlases, encyclopedias, and the internet.
Extension: Keypal
Activity
Establish a keypal with
someone from another country to learn about their culture.