1. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France. It was unveiled in 1886 and is located on an island in New York Harbor.

2. Give me your tired, your poor,
Emma Lazarus grew up in an immigrant family and her poem is inscribed at the base of Liberty’s feet.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled 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, “The New Colossus,” 1883

3. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Give me your tired,
your poor,
Your huddled 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, “The New Colossus,” 1883
Who is speaking in the poem?
Put the first sentence into your own words.
Put the second sentence into your own words.
What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
Take a guess, why did Lazarus name the poem The New Colossus?

4. Teacher notes Poem indicates U.S. is the land of opportunity
1840s mass immigration begins, most coming from Northern and Western Europe through Ellis Island
Late 1800s immigrants begin moving from Southern and Eastern Europe

5. The Colossus of Rhodes of ancient Greece

6. Turn & Talk
What are factors that may push immigrants to leave their country of birth?

7. PUSH factors are problems that cause people to move from their country of birth
Birth country overpopulated
Shortage of foods
Lack of jobs
Crop failures (Irish Great Potato Famine, , 1/3 of U.S. immigrants are from Ireland)
Scarcity of land to grow crops
Religious persecution
*Most were too poor to travel once they entered in the U.S., so most remained in eastern cities like NYC, Boston, & Philadelphia

8. Pull factors are attractions that draw people into a new country
Freedom, to live in a democratic country, the opportunity to fulfill their dreams
Job opportunities in cities for unskilled laborers
Natural resources, like farmable land, and mining opportunities
Personal communications from friends/family who already migrated to America