For this portfolio project, you will examine pictures, which are primary documents, that show the immigrant experience. You will analyze these pictures & create a presentation in which you answer the question:
How did immigration affect immigrants and other Americans around the year 1900?
Step 1: Find 4 Pictures to Examine
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Select 4 pictures that represent a firsthand perspective of immigrants as they arrived at Ellis Island, in the New York Harbor.
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Save a copy of the picture you choose.
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Identify a date associated with each picture.
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1-2 sentence summary describing how this image represents the immigrant experience.
LIST OF WEBSITES YOU CAN USE:
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https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/immigration-and-americanization
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DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA- please use one of these 3 sites, there is no need to look elsewhere
Step 2 – Analyze Pictures and Create the Presentation
You are now ready to create your presentation. Your presentation should contain 7 slides. You can create this using PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, etc. Below is a list of the information that each slide must contain. Please remember to proof read before you submit.
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Slide #1: Title slide with your name and brief description of your presentation
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Slide #2: Primary Source Image #1 (include picture, date, & summary sentence)
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Slide #3: Primary Source Image #2 (include picture, date, & summary sentence)
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Slide #4: Primary Source Image #3 (include picture, date, & summary sentence)
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Slide #5: Primary Source Image #4 (include picture, date, & summary sentence)
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Slide #6: Answer 1 of the following 4 questions:
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What challenges did immigrants face upon arrival in America?
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What you think these immigrants imagined for their future?
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What steps do you think these immigrants would need to take in order to adjust to life in America?
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How would immigrants learn to live in a nation with a culture different from their own?
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Slide #7: Answer another one of these 4 questions: (Do Not answer the same question please)
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What challenges did immigrants face upon arrival in America?
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What you think these immigrants imagined for their future?
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What steps do you think these immigrants would need to take in order to adjust to life in America?
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How would immigrants learn to live in a nation with a culture different from their own?
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Step 3- Submit
Upload your presentation to the drop box located on slide 8 of Unit 4: Lesson 5
Presentation Example Slide:
The example below is is for reference only. It cannot be used as one of your slides. Please make sure your presentation follows all portfolio requirements listed in steps 1 -3.
