Immigration+project

** Immigration Project ** You and members of your group will take on the persona of an immigrant coming to the United States at the turn of the 20th century. The type of writing style will be a series of diary entries documenting your trip and experiences within your new homeland. You will be writing for an audience of those who find your diary entries many, many years later. But there will be a new spin to this old tale. Your diary will be a video diary using voice over, pictures, google earth, and video clips that will be presented in photo story. The goal is to capture the following points… 1. Reasons why you left your homeland and decided to come to the United States 2. The experience of the over sea journey to get to America 3. Your experience coming through Ellis or Angel Island 4. What type of employment and living conditions you experienced in America 5. The issue of assimilation and discrimination in America Game plan Friday- Receive background information on immigration, find project on class wiki Monday-Wednesday- Research information about your particular immigrant group, write diary entries. Thursday-Friday- Gather visuals and finish entries Monday-Tuesday of Thanksgiving week- do voiceover
 * US II Honors **

Your group will be graded on correct content, grammar, spelling and creativity. Remember to paraphrase your diaries and cite your information. Also remember to cite photographs and/or video clips used in your project.

Resources

Ellis Island [] [] [] General Immigration [] [] [] Angel Island [] []

Photo story help [] [] [] [] Video clips []

Copyrighted Photos [] []