The Immigration Experience

To Stay Or Not To StayThat is the question…

For most deciding to leave home was the hardest part.

Next StepCompleting the chart

Why immigrate? Deciding to le

ave was the hardest part…

Task 2: Immigration Identity

ItalyGermany or Ireland- use PBS site on

last screen for “completing the chart”SwedenRussiaHungary

Pack your bags!You are starting over for a new life in AmericaWho do you take with you, who do you leave behind?What will you take? You can only take a few things.Take five minutes and to fill out the packing list in your passport!

Click here when finished

Did You Know…Getting to the port could be a major journey!People traveled by train, wagon, donkey, or on foot!People would some times wait days, Weeks, or even MONTHS at the port waiting for paperwork to go through!Port cities boasted “emigrant hotels” they would stay in while waiting!

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Will YOU pass the test?

After the 1893 immigration law went into effect, each passenger had to answer a series of 29 questions before boarding the ship.

Will you pass the test?

Name:Age:Sex:Married?

Occupation:Race:

Can you answer the following questions correctly?(you do not need to write them down just answer them in your head)

Can you read and write?

Click yes or no

Are you physically ill?

Click yes or no

Click Me

Click Me

Are you mentally ill?                                             

               Click yes or no

Click Me

Do you have at least $30?Click yes or no

Click Me

Congratulations!

Out and about on a BoatThere is a huge risk when stepping foot on board. Many do not live to step foot in the “New World”The next page you will see the difference between first class and steerage.

Will you travel in style?Click both buttons and answer the corresponding questions:

Fear: Will you be accepted or rejected in

this new home?

“I thought she was one of the Seven Wonders of the world,” exclaimed a German traveler.

A polish man exclaimed, “The bigness of Mrs. Liberty overcame us. No one spoke a word for she was like a goddess and we know she represented the big powerful country which was to be out future home.”

Ellis Island

Task 9:Welcome WagonClick on the information below to find out why and if immigrants were welcomed:

Welcome???

Welcome to Your New Life!

What is life in the US really like?

(Click on Play, then on Virtual Tour)