Immigration+Webquest

This webquest is designed to introduce you to Immigration History of the US. You will have at least 2 days to work on the webquest individually. For the time line, use Power Point to create it and then upload the document in the Time line section. Use the button that is a picture of a tree to upload your powerpoint docement onto your wikispace. The vocab definitions do not need to be long just define them. For the Ellis and Angel Island please tell me when they first started receiving immigrants and when they stopped with your definition. Your letter home should be done in Microsoft Word and printed off for me. Hand it in last as a signal to me that you have completed the webquest. Get to work! Vocabulary- Use the dictionary or the internet to define these terms. Immigration- to enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. Migration- the movement of persons from one country or locality to another Ellis Island-1892-1954 Angel Island-1910-1940 Assimilation- The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group. Political Asylum- Refuge given by one country to a citizen of another country to protect that person from arrest or persecution. Tenant Building- Apartment building Refugee- One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety. Alien- A resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization. Citizen- A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection. Ethnic Groups- People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. Time Line Picture Story Galveston. Scandinavian. French Canadian. These photos make me think of unhappy families. They seem like they don't want to leave their country. Some of their faces seem happy though. Many of them are probably leaving their country so they can have a better life and not worry about all the bad things.

Friendly Letter Home Use these sites to research the ethnic background you relate with the most to write a letter to a friend back in your home country. This letter must be written in first person, so you must actually act like your this person writing back home. Tell them what the trip over was like, experience in Ellis Island, and tell them what you are currently doing for work and what its like living in America as an immigrant. The letter must be 2 to 3 paragraphs long. Complete sentences please!!!!! [] [] []