Immigrations-8+steps

=Eight Steps of Immigration=

• Push factors: Poverty, persecution (religious and political) • Pull Factors: Opportunity, wealth, better life, • Where did they come from? • Dangers and conditions of travel • Difference in classes • Ellis and Angel Island • Statue of Liberty • Crowded cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia • Tenement living • City conditions • Sweat Shops/factories • Discrimination • Labor Unions and Politics • Cuisine • Religion • family traditions • holidays • Italians vs. Irish • Discrimination • Nativists • Language and Custom • Combination of values • Creating opportunity
 * 1. Leaving Home: Why are people leaving their homes?**
 * 2. The Journey: How did they get there?**
 * 3. Arrival: What was it like when people arrived?**
 * 4. Settling In: How did people manage at first?**
 * 5. Finding Work: How and where did immigrants find work?**
 * 6. Preserving Culture: How do immigrant cultures preserve culture?**
 * 7. Assimilation: How do other ethnic groups become part of an established culture?**
 * 8. The Next Generation: How is the next generation different than the last?**