Immagration

Letters from America- An Immigrant’s Letter Home American History Mr. Sontheimer Leaving your home to go off to a new place is very difficult. Immigrants that came to America between 1885 and 1914 were seeking betters lives but had very little understanding of the country that they were going to relocate their lives. In the case of many immigrants earlier waves of their fellow countrymen (or women!) were already in America and helped them to make the transition to a new life. You are going to put yourself in the place of one of these experienced immigrants and write a letter back to your home country to try and encourage more members of your family or community to join you(or not come!). Your final letter will be FIVE PARAGRAPHS LONG and follow the format that I have provided. All research materials will be available to you and may choose many of the details in your letter on your own. The following writing guide must be used for this assignment. You will also include 3-5 pictures to illustrate your letter. __ Circle Your Country of Origin __  Ireland Russia Poland Italy China Japan Africa Mexico Germany
 * All of the following details should be included in your opening paragraph. (Paragraph 1) **

 Circle the reasons you left your home country __ Religious Freedom Political Freedom Economic Opportunity Rejoin Family Curiosity Taken Forcefully Others ___  __Circle the methods and include the route that you used to travel here __  Ship from Europe Ship from Asia Ship from Africa

 

Circle the city where you have settled (or closest if you decide to be a rural dweller __ New York City Philadelphia Charleston Harrisburg San Francisco Salt Lake City Other __  <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">What do you to support your family? Immigrants had a wide variety of jobs depending on their destination. Choose one occupation below (it must make sense for example you cannot be a fisherman in Salt Lake City) and include details from research about your job. Circle One <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Coal Miner Steel Worker Garment Worker Slaughterhouse Farmer Fisherman Other_ <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">How is life in America better? What do you like about living here compared to the place that you came from? Do you have more freedom? Do you have better food? What types of material possessions have you acquired? What else would you like to have? (remember all of these should be appropriate to the time period. You cannot have a plasma screen tv!) <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">What is hard about being an immigrant? Do you pay high rent? Is your home crowded? Do you face discrimination at work? What types of wages are you paid? Do you have to food available that you like? <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Finish your letter back to your native country by trying to convince someone else to either join you or stay home. Promote the benefits of immigration or warn your compatriots back home about the dangers of coming. Remember to summarize some of your key arguments from earlier in the letter to complete the task. <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; text-decoration: none;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Pictures- __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Your letter should be illustrated with 3-5 pictures that show aspects of your journey to America and the life you are living as an immigrant. If you need help inserting or finding photos please see me. Terms to Define- Click on Links to research what these terms mean. Please create a summary for each one and place it in your wikispace. I suggest that you do this first in order to learn more for your letter. [|The Huddled Masses] , [|The New Immigrants] , [|The Chinese Exclusion Act] [|Contract Agreement] [|Immigration Restriction] [|United States's Changing Face] cut_ Grade Criteria-Please attach to final paper draft. __/15 Letter contains five well-written paragraphs that are joined together with a logical introduction and conclusion. Must include completed writing guide.__ __/ 15 Letter contains AT LEAST three relevant and plausible details about immigration and the immigrant experience__ __/ 10 Letter demonstrates creativity and enthusiasm for the assignment.__ __/ 10 Required terms are displayed in wikispace with letter and pictures. <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif'; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> Wyatt Shultz My great great grandfather Max Shultz traveled from Romania to Le Havre port to head to the US. From there he moved to hellem York to start a smithing business. He left Romania to escape from what, who, or anything I do not know. He traveled here on ship he didn’t enjoy the ship voyage to much because it was very crowded. When he arrived here in the US he went through Ellis Island, where they tested him and other things to make sure that he did not carry any illnesses. When he finished becoming a citizen he moved to a place now known as Hellem in York to start a small business of blacksmithing and metal work in which was his specialty. Max traveled many miles from Romania to Le Havre port to board a ship to the new world. On the ship he was around many other people whom were sick and could not enter the new country because of their illnesses. It was very crowded on the ship and it was a long voyage so my great great grandfather did not enjoy the trip at all because he was very reserved. During the trip he did meet a young child that had also come from Romania with her parents, but her parents were very ill so the young girl stayed with max and when he departed the little girl was lost in the crowd but did find her parents and were allowed to enter the country. After he left Ellis Island he moved to Hellem, York where he started a metal smith shop off of a country road. He did fine in business and then he met my great great grandma Anne Richardson they had two children my great grandfather Marcus Shultz and his sister Matilda Shultz. They all worked together in the shop until my great great grandfather and my great grandfather had a fight then my great grandfather moved to Gettysburg where he and his new wife had my Grandpa Phillip Shultz, then he had my mother, Irene Shultz then, she had me in 1992. Max Shultz while still working at the shop met a medicine man known as Reymeyer. I know there is a ghost story of him but I’m not sure if they had actually met. Not sure if I should say this but one tradition was passed down from max all the way to my mother I do not do it because I am scared of it. Sadly the tradition is more like a being and to be honest it’s looked down upon by many but they were all wiccans and magic believers. I do not believe in any of it I do believe in spirits though. Anyways that is my family for you and they are all crazy. I was proud of my grandfather though for leaving is Home land and it being of his own freedom. I still do not know why he left and truly don’t care. He chose to live here and he endured the hardships of leaving home to prosper and he succeeded. If I was in his place I would honestly stay in Romania because it is beautiful, it may not have been back then but I would choose my homeland over anything plus I would like to visit Transylvania.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Work __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> - All of the following details in this section should be included in your 2nd paragraph. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Improvements- __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> All of the following details should be included in your 3rd paragraph. **
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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';">Conclusion- __****<span style="font-family: 'Californian FB','serif';"> All of the following details should be included in your 5th paragraph. **