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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• IMMIGRATION STORIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY
• DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT OF
  IMMIGRATION
• DEVELOP ORAL HISTORY WRITING SKILLS
• USE TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLORE A HISTORICAL PLACE AND
  EVENT

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Coming to America

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigrati
  on/tour/index.htm
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigrati
  on/seymour/index.htm
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigrati
  on/recent/index.htm
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/inlpedu/lessons/97/ohl
  /ammem.html/

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BORN IN AMERICA
Photos LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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COMING TO AMERICA
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AMERICAN MEMORY
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COMING TO AMERICA

• Immigrants from every corner of the globe have
  come to America
• They came in search of new opportunities
• They helped to make this country the rich and
  diverse place we know today

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What do you see?
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WHO LIVES IN AMERICA?
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Analyzing Images

• What is the subject of the photograph?
• What does the setting for the photograph?
• When and where in the past do you think the
  photographs point of view?

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What are some of the reasons that people have
immigrated to America?
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Expository Writing Activity

• Locate the history of the State of Liberty
• Who was Emma Lazarus?
• Describe the Statue of Liberty?

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