Thursday, January 21st

We worked on a new document called: THE IMMIGRANTS-FACTS AND FIGURES

So we talked about the different mariposa-94@hotmail.fr IP: 86.74.228.35

• waves of immigration
  
  I. The first wave of immigration since 1840
  
  
  Vocabulary: the potato famine
  to die of starvation = mourir de faim
  potato disease = la maladie de la pomme de terre
  a high rate of =un taux élevé de
  wages = salary = salaire
  unemployment =le chômage
  the Norwegians come from Norway
  the Swedish come from Sweden
  the Dutch come from Holland
  the Irish come from Ireland
  to flee, fled, fled = s'enfuir
  
  And we came up ith:
  From 1840 to 1860 the Irish immigrated to America because there was
  a potato famine in their country. They died of starvation
  because of a potato disease. The Scandinavians fled their
  countries in order to find jobs, and to escape from
  poverty. This was their American Dream.
• Thank you Molka for your notes
• Homework: Each of you is given a part of the document to summarize.