Immigration to the USA -> Waves of immigration: Reasons and Goals

14.12.2011

Hi guys,

today after making a quick recap of what we had said before, we continued talking about immigration to the USA and why people used to leave their country to live the American Dream.

Here is the chart we have begun to draw, the lesson that goes with it as well as the vocabulary:

New York City is a fantastic melting-pot :

The metaphore means that there are many different ethnic groups / communities in the same place.

The city is like a caldron where you mix many ingredients. Indeed, New York City has always been know for its diversity because of the succesive waves of immigration that came to the "New World" ( = The USA).

Immigrants immigrated to the USA...:

Reasons for immigrating : (Why? ---> because)

... because they were poor in their own country.
... because there was a war and their country was destroyed.
... because they didn't have relatives anymore.
... because they were enslaved.

Goal for immigrating : (What... for? ---> to)

... to escape / flee a war.
... to start a new life.
... to find a job.
... to earn more money.
... to work.

HW:

- finir de compléter le tableau en s'aidant du document distribué en cours (Immigrants - Facts and Figures)

- Faire un paragraphe explicatif pour chaque vague d'immigration en s'aidant de la phrase modèle faite en cours.

- Compléter les fiches du classeur en se préparant à un contrôle de leçon et vocabulaire la semaine de la rentrée.

Documents:

- Télécharger le document support ici.

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