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Write a classification/division essay concerning the realities
faced by immigrants using novels
and the immigration packet supplied by the teacher.
Novels:
ASSIGNMENT #2
Write an argument defending, challenging or qualifying the inscription (see below) on the Statue of Liberty. This will be a multiple draft essay based on research at the library, through electronic sources, and first-hand interviewing. All research will focus on first person accounts of the immigrants and the contents of the packet provided by the teacher.
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Major Assertion: The poem, "New Colossus"
by Emma Lazarus is inscribed on the
pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Defend,
challenge,
or qualify whether or not America has kept this implicit promise.
Note: Minimum requirements for a research paper must be met:
FINAL PROJECT
The completion of this project will fulfill the requirements for the final exam.
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Information Seeking Strategies
Find information in encyclopedias, biographies, newspapers, personal
interviews, and the Internet. The Library
Media Center and other libraries.
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For this assignment, the following call numbers for Immigration will be helpful:
301 304.8
325.73 973.04
Internet Sites
Use the following Internet Sites for information on this project.
If you discover other useful
Internet sites complete the Internet
Checklist (copies available in Media Center) to authenticate
the site.
Angel Island Immigration Station Poetry
The American Immigration Home Page
Luria Library: The Immigrant Experience--Ethnic Groups in America
Multi-Cultural and Ethnic Groups
The Archive (Jewish Immigrants)
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs (1880-1920)
Immigration to America (Germans from Russia)
Learning About Immigration Through Oral History
American LifeHistories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
Urban Institute: Immigration and Immigrants
Migration
and Immigration: How does moving affect me and my community?
CET: Ancestors in the Americas PBS video series
Four Immigrant Groups: Their Lives and Their Music
Immigration into an Urban Industrialized Northeast: 1879-1914
Immigrants and American Identity
Irish Immigration and Immigration Ships
Official Ellis Island Home Page
Oral History Research Office--Columbia University
American Immigrant Law Foundation
Immigrant
Diaries
username: reviewer
password: temperate7554
Recording Information
1. Write a classification/division essay concerning
the realities faced by immigrants using novels
and the immigration packet supplied by the teacher.
2. Write an argument defending, challenging or qualifying the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. This will be a multiple draft essay based on research at the library, through electronic sources, and first-hand interviewing. All research will focus on first person accounts of the immigrants and the contents of the packet provided by the teacher.
3. Prepare a visual composite biographical narrative
of an experience as an
immigrant to America based on research.
Finished assignment fulfills task.
Chinese
Exclusion Act