A Modern Immigration Review

The Gilded Age Melting Pot in America


What are several countries that saw large waves of immigration to America?  Several countries were ______________, __________________ and ______________________.

What percentage of immigrants came through New York?  _______________ percent.

In the 1st year of its operation how many immigrants were processed at Ellis Island?  In its first 5 years?  __________ immigrants were processed.  In the first five years it was _______________.

How many languages do they think are spoken in New York?  _________ languages.

Where were there anti-Chinese riots?  ___________________.

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Finish filling in your charts on different responses to immigration from the Gilded Age.  When you have all the information write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the reasons and responses to immigrants from different regions.  What do you observe?

 One similarity I see is _________________________.

 One difference I see is _____________________________.

 Some of the push factors included _________________________.

 Some of the pull factors were ____________________________.

 I noticed that ____________ is similar to immigration issues today.


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Seeking Asylum

As you watch this clip, please be thinking about these questions:

1. What do you think are push factors for Hesham leaving Syria?  Push factors for Hesham are ________ and _______.

2. What were some of the hardships he experienced?  A hardship Hesham experienced was ____________________.

3. Compare his journey to journeys you have heard about from Central America? Are there any similarities?  His journey was similar to people from Central America because ____________________.



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Should Europe keep an open door for refugees from the war in Syria?



 1. Stand Up! Stand on the Value Line that spans from"Totally Agree" to "Totally Disagree".

2. Make an Argument! Why are you standing there? Be ready to explain.
Where are they going and how are they getting there?






1.  What obstacles are countries putting up to slow or stop the refugee traffic?

2.  Why are these countries doing this?

3.  What are the push and pull factors surrounding this movement?

4.  What are the impacts of this movement on the country(ies) the people are moving from?  On the countries they are moving to?

5. Do you think immigrants in the 1870's faced anything similar?

6.  Develop L2 and L3 Questions relating to your subject.


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