We continued our study of people in communities as we discussed immigration. To help us better understand what it might have been like to be an immigrant in the early 1900's, we had an immigration simulation (3B did this on Friday, and 3H will do it on Monday). Students were given an identity and we traveled to the United States and arrived at Ellis Island. We found it challenging to fill out forms in an unknown language, and some of us were disappointed not to be allowed in to the US due to illness.
Categorizing reasons why immigrants might have chosen to leave their home country, feelings they may have had, and countries from which they moved:
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