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Student is to "write" a diary of a generic immigrant (1892-1940) that reflects accurately the experiences a person from this time period could/would have experienced. Use knowledge gained from the text and classroom activities to create the diary entries as you think that person would have experienced. You need to have 4 entries: 1: information about you, your family, the beginning of your journey, your country and the reasons why you want to immigrate. 2: on the way to the USA, on board of the ship, traveling conditions, hopes, worries about the time/situation ahead of you. 3: Ellis Island: The immigration process, experience, things you have seen, things that happened to you, duration of process, description of inspectors. 4: The first day in the USA: new experiences, job search?, things you have experienced or seen....reaction other people towards you Must be STUDENT ORIGINAL.

Students will use this rubric as they write a short summary of the research they conducted in answer to a research question of their choice. It will be thier grading rubric when paper is completed.

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