Preaction Pair up and find out what your partner knows about the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
A Nation of Nations The arrival of Europeans on the North American continent in 1492 marked the beginning of a nation of immigrants. Today, only 1% of the US population are in fact Native Americans, now living on reservations.
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14 Study the text, quote and timeline table and use them to write five sentences about the USA as a nation of immigrants.
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The other 99% come from people who arrived after 1492, building the America we now know, the nation of nations. For centuries, people have left their home country at different times and for different reasons in search of a better life in the USA. In general, people left because of hardship: for example, a shortage of food, space, or money or the inability to practice their religion. Some also had to flee from persecution, discrimination and even war. The exception were people from the African continent who did not leave voluntarily and were forced into slavery. However, most immigrants left their home country for the USA with the hope of starting over. In doing so, they created a new nation, consisting of people and cultures from all over the world, united by the dream of a better future.
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"Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists." Franklin D. Roosevelt (1938)
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15 In groups, have each person choose one ethnic culture to study, for instance, African American, Mexican American, Italian American, or Norwegian American. Find six key facts about that culture and share them in groups.
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16 Use your facts from task 15 to create a question about the culture of the group you chose. Individually, on a piece of paper, write your question on one side and the answer on the other. Find a partner and take turns asking your question and explaining the answer if necessary. Find a new partner and continue to swap questions.
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The United States of America
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persecution forfølgelse/forfølging
hardship motgang
exception unntak
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voluntarily frivillig
flee flykte
forced tvunget/tvinga immigrants innvandrere/innvandrarar
When? 1492–1776
1776–1865
1865–1945
1945–
Who?
Germany Great Britain Scandinavia Ireland Scotland
Italy Poland Russia (Jewish) Czech Republic Greece
Mexico China India Pakistan Korea Vietnam Cuba
Spain England France Netherlands Africa (mostly western and later central)
