Coming to AmericaThe trip across the Atlantic Ocean

Daily Agenda

•Notes on immigrant travel to the United States▫Visual Discovery during notes

•Journal Assignment

Objective:•Analyze the social, political, economic and

environmental factors that have contributed to human migration now and in the past.

Across the ocean

•Except for immigrants from Mexico and Canada, all immigrants from 1820-1924 came by passenger ship.▫Traveled in Steerage- Crowded, poor

sanitation, less food This turned many voyages into nightmares

for the passengers

Life at sea

•Voyages would last weeks•No dining room- food provided was

minimal at best•Everyone was crammed into the same

area- there was no privacy•No room for hand baggage•No bathtub or shower•Toilets remained un-cleaned throughout

the trip

Voices of Immigrants

•“ Most of those who had died of Ship-Fever (An infectious disease that broke out on ships) were delirious, some a day, others on a few hours previous to death…”

•“ Our water was reduced from 2 quarts a day to 1 quart per day for an adult and 1 pint for a child”

Voices of Immigrants

•“ First of all, everybody got sick…”•“ There were also rats on the boat. I was

on the upper bunk, and there were pipes above. And the rats were just running back and forth on those pipes”

Assignment

•You are to write a journal entry as if you were aboard a ship coming to the United States during the 1800’s.▫Entry should be written as a journal entry▫Entry should be at least 8 sentences▫Will be turned in at the end of class