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THE TASK: You will use historical imagination and research to create a historical fiction book for children, through which you tell the story of a specific group of American immigrants. The links to the grading rubric and research are at the bottom of this page. Your book must include the following:
CONTENT GUIDELINES:
Vocabulary: You must use at least 5 vocabulary words from Chapter 7.
WHY THEY CAME
PUSH factor as to why your character left their homeland.
PULL factors s to why they came here.
PREPARATION TO LEAVE
What possessions did they take?
Who did they take?
What will they miss?
THE JOURNEY TO AMERICA
What was the trip across the ocean like?
What did they have to do to be allowed into America?
Did everyone make it?
WHERE DID THEY SETTLE
Where in America did they settle? Why did they settle here?
What conditions did they find here?
HOW WERE THEY TREATED
What attitudes did they face? GOOD/BAD and Why?
How did they deal with their treatment?
TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS
Provide at least 3 PROBLEMS they faced in America?
How did they overcome these problems?
WHY DID THEY STAY?
Was America what they thought it would be?
What 2-3 reasons would immigrants provide as to why they stayed?
WHAT DID THEY CONTRIBUTE?
IN GENERAL, what did immigrants do for our country?
What did your immigrants contribute to our country (SPECIFY)?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Names (If your character is a girl, from Ireland, she would not be names Veronica.)
Food (traditional foods and reaction to new American foods)
Apartment (Rich details make for interesting stories)
Religion (How does it impact your character's life? A Jewish girl on the lower east-side would not be shopping on a Saturday.)
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