Lesson 2.02 Coming to America

Research of this period provides countless stories of immigrant families and their respective journeys to America. Explore the Ellis Island Immigration Tour website and listen to some of the audio accounts from immigrants. (Note: the accounts are located throughout the tour under the "audio" tab.)

After exploring the website, select one of the immigrant accounts and write a 2-paragraph fictional journal entry from that person's perspective. Your entry should include some of the true facts from the account as well as other fictional events that the person was likely to experience during their immigrant journey. Include the immigrant's name in the entry as well. Use the lesson materials to help you, but the story should be imaginative and thoughtfully written in your own words.

Type the journal entry in a document and submit your completed work to the 2.02 Immigrant Journal Dropbox.

Add three slides to your Unit 2 Progressive Era PowerPoint presentation. Remember that your PowerPoint will have a total of 16 slides.

Information for the slides may be found within the lesson and from outside research. You are required to include at leat two outside resources. When you include information from outside sources be sure to include the correct citation information. A Works Cited slide will be your last slide. All information on the slides should be written in your own words and phrases.

For detailed information on ACCESS course citations, go to: MLA Citations

The presentation also needs to include at least 7 photos or pictures. These photos may be placed as you deem appropriate. All photos should be correctly cited with the web address where the photo was located.

Create the following slides to correspond to Lesson 2.02:

Slide 5- Reasons for Immigration- introduce the wave of immigration that occurred in the late 1800s and cover the various reasons for immigration. Also provide a general overview of the nations that supplied the most immigrants.
Slide 6- Immigrant Arrival- discuss the process immigrants undertook upon arrival in America. Be sure to mention the immigrant inspections.
Slide 7- Nativist Reaction- discuss the nativist reaction to the wave of immigration and include efforts to limit immigration through legislation or other actions.