1. Good Morning!!!! 1.NVC 2.Immigration: Coming to America! 3.Research Paper Peer Review Essential Question: What was it like to be in Immigrant coming to the US in the 1800s? Homework: Research Paper DUE NEXT FRIDAY!

2. Transition: Immigration What do you know about your family’s immigration history? Where did your family come from? Why did they come here?

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4. Immigrants Vast majority of immigrants in 1880s from Europe – Also from Asia, Canada, and Mexico Push Factors – Population Growth – Hunger – Lack of Arable (farm) Land – Religious Persecution Pull Factors – Democracy – Jobs – Natural Resources

5. Coming to Americaaaaa! Give me your tired, your poor, your huddles masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door” ~Emma Lazarus 1883, Jewish-American poet

6. Coming to Americ-uh what?... “Imprisoned in the wooden building day after day, my freedom withheld; how can I bear to talk about it?”– Unknown Chinese Detainee

7. The Immigrant’s Journey Long journey across the Ocean – Steerage Class: standing room only Ellis Island – East Coast immigration center in New York – 75% of immigrants come here (mostly European) Angel Island – West Coast immigration center in San Fran – Mostly Asian Immigrants

8. Life at an Immigration Station Medical Inspections – “Six Second Exam” – Incredibly invasive Legal Interviews – 29 Questions – Some are “trick” questions = trying to deport you 20% fail one of these tests and are detained 2% deported

9. Life After Ellis/Angel Island Vast majority settle in cities – Tenements: crowded, dirty housing for the poor – Settlement Houses: provide services to help to immigrants Most Americans are hostile to immigrants

10. Peer Editing Swap your outline with your partner You will use the scoring guide to assess your partner’s outline. Mark your score on the guide attached to the assignment sheet. If you are not prepared with an outline, then take out your notes and a textbook and work on your thesis statement and outline.

11. Getting started 1.Read your prompt and re-write it once in different words to make sure you understand it. 2.Read the chapter in your textbook and get down notes that relate to your topic. 3.Using your notes, create a thesis statement that answers the prompt by making three main groups of your ideas. 4.Figure out which evidence will fit with each idea. 5.Come up with search terms to help you conduct your research online.

12. Scoring Guide Introduction and Thesis __ Introduction sets place and time __ Thesis statement answers the prompt __ Thesis statement states a position. __Thesis statement includes sub-claims (paragraph topics) that are different than the list of research terms on the assignment sheet. __ Sub-claims are more refined than economic, social, political, opportunity, conflict or positive and negative. __ Uses academic vocabulary, like transition words. __ Is written clearly. Claims (Topic Sentences of the Body Paragraphs) __ Describes a topic that is not one of the key terms given on the assignment sheet. __ Is a complete sentence. __ Does not repeat the exact same words used in the thesis statement. __ Connects to the thesis sentence. Evidence __ Is fully explained. __ Includes information beyond what is in the textbook. __ Uses at least 2 of the suggested key terms or people to support your claim. __ Includes commentary that connects the evidence back to the claim and/or the thesis statement. __ Includes source information from at least 3 sources. Conclusion and Research Skills __ States why the information included is historically significant or of interest to the reader.