Discuss and
note your ideas
Who lives in
America? Where did they come from? When?
- England ,
they came from Europe in the 17th century
- Spain , they
came from Europe , in the 17th century
- France ,
they came from Europe , in the 17th century
Have you seen
any films about people emigrating to America? Which?
Were there any
immigrants on The Titanic?
Research
1. Explore
the historical timeline to see where the immigrants arrived from in
different eras. Choose one link from ‘A New Land’, ‘Expanding America’ and ‘A
Place of Refuge’ menus and note: Where did the people come from
and why did they go to America.
A New Land: they came
from Europe (Spain)( France) (England) most of them they immigrated because of
freedom and food and resources
Expanding America: They had large of immigrates while the revolution war . in
19th century 1 million slaves from Africa where imported there and
they were not citizen in early 19th century nearly all immigrates
was from western Europe
A Place of Refuge: world war 2 happened and the economy went down and it
wasn’t the perfect land to go and the immigration percentage went down . some
people thought of immigrating to some another country
2. Look at the
‘Building a Modern America’ – ‘A Multicultural America’ page. What information
can you find about recent US immigration? A major change to immigration
legislation in 1965 paved the way for new waves of immigration from all over of
the world. Asians and Latin Americans arrived in large numbers, while European
immigration declined.
3. Now click on
‘Explore Ellis Island’ and answer the questions. (There is 1 question per
page.)
· Where did
immigrants land when they arrived in America?
Ellis Island Immigration Station between 1892 and
1954
· How long did it
take to cross the Atlantic?
This trip
across the Atlantic ocean lasted for one two weeks
· What was the
first thing people saw in America?
Statue of
liberty
· What did the
officers give the immigrants?
Paper
with all the names
· What did the
doctors do while the people walked upstairs?
Test the people for
any illness
· Why couldn’t
women enter America alone?
· What did the
chalk marks X and P mean? What happened
to those people?
· How many
questions did they ask immigrants?
Twenty
nine questions
· When did
pre-departure health checks start?
· What facilities
were available at the bottom of the stairs?
· What happened at
‘The Kissing Post’?
it got
this nickname because its where family and friends waited their loved
ones
Think!
When people come to work in the
UAE, what must they do? (Paperwork, procedures, tests…)
America is a
multicultural society; it is culturally diverse. It is not a ‘melting pot’, it
is more like a ‘salad bowl’. Americans often talk about being ‘first
generation’, ‘second generation’ or third generation’ immigrants. ‘First
generation’ is term used for the children of immigrants, ‘second generation’ is
the term for the grandchildren of immigrants, so ‘third generation’ is
……………………………………………………? By the second or third generation, the connection with the
immigrant’s country may be very weak or non-existent so we can say that these
people have assimilated into the culture. Over the years, some people and
cultural groups have assimilated into American society. They have blended and
are examples of assimilation. When two cultures meet, acculturation happens.
This is the meeting of the cultures and the process of adapting to each other
and adopting new behaviours, which can be a one-way or two-way process. However,
some groups may keep many of the customs, traditional ways and characteristics
of their home culture even though they adapt to the new country. These people
have acculturated by adopting new behaviours in their new country, but they have
not assimilated. Immigrants and the first generation may acculturate but not
assimilate, but later generations may be assimilated.
Think
again!
Why do/did some
people/groups assimilate and others do/did not?
