2. The Immigration Experience

3. To Stay Or Not To Stay That is the question… For most deciding to leave home was the hardest part. Next Step Completing Completing the chart Why immigrate? Deciding to leave was the hardest part…

4. Task 2: Immigration Identity Italy Germany or Ireland- use PBS site on last screen for “completing the chart” Sweden Russia Hungary

5. Pack your bags! You are starting over for a new life in America Who 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 

6. 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! Next Page Click each arrow

7. 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.

8. 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)

9. Can you read and write? Click yes or no

10. Are you physically ill? Click yes or no

11. Click Me

13. Are you mentally ill? Click yes or no

14. Click Me

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

16. Click Me

17. Congratulations!

18. Out and about on a Boat There 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.

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

20. 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.”

21. Ellis Island

22. Task 9:Welcome Wagon Click on the information below to find out why and if immigrants were welcomed: Welcome???

23. Welcome to Your New Life! What is life in the US really like? (Click on Play, then on Virtual Tour)