Geography: Immigration and the American Culture

Immigration and the American Culture

You took notes on the documentary “Island of Hope, Island of Tears”. This told of many push and pull factors that led many immigrants to come to leave their own countries and come to America. 

You are to write an essay that explains these push and pull factors.  Using your notes, explain what drove many immigrants to make the crossing across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. This essay should include the following:

• Describe in detail the push and pull factors

• Use the images you saw to further explain the push factors.  Use examples.

• What do you think the video meant by this being the “largest human migration” in history?

• Why do you think they made the trip under the horrible conditions to come to America?

• Why do you think Ellis Island was called the Island of Hope and Island of Tears?

• Use a true story of an immigrant and relate it to the experiences told about in the documentary.

• Research an immigrant’s story and describe why the person left, what it was like traveling here, and what their experiences were like once they got here (diary entries would be a good place to start).

This MUST be typed, size 12, Times New Roman Font, and double-spaced and will be DUE Tuesday, October 15, 2013.  This will count as a TEST grade.