2014 IMMIGRATION & URBANIZATION PROJECT CHOICES AND INFO

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1 2014 IMMIGRATION & URBANIZATION PROJECT CHOICES AND INFO Choose a project or projects that total 30 points. If you work in groups, you must have a total of 60 points. You may choose your groups, but ask Ms. E. about the groupings. There is a limit on the size of each group and some projects go well together. You must make a Reference page for your research for all of your choices (combined). (See guidelines at end of choices.) CHOICES: IMMIGRANT FAIR DISPLAY & PRESENTATION... You will BE an Immigrant! (40 points) (Each of these will be from a different country... This will depend on your individual class... Ms. E. will make the final determination of which country you will be an immigrant from.) Research one of the typical home countries - its customs, culture, history - to present at the fair. (Keep in mind that in the early 1900s the most significant number of immigrants came from Europe.) You will write a first person story and make a display featuring aspects of your homeland and new life in America. Taking the view point of an immigrant that came to the United States between 1865 and 1915, create and type a first-person story about why your immigration experience. Include the answers to the following in your story: What is your name? Where are you from? What year is it now that you re talking to the fair goers? Why did you leave your homeland (push factors)? What the journey was like getting to the United States? What your original plan/why did you want to come to America (Pull Factors)? - Where did you think you would live? - What did you think you would do for a living? Where did you arrive (Ellis or Angel Island)? What happened at the processing center when you arrived? Where did you settle? What did you actually do for a living? How were you treated by nativists (people who already lived in the United States)? How well did you acculturate? (Explain your answer.) Was the trip worth it? (In other words, are you glad you came to the U.S.?) AND Why or why not? (When answering why or why not, consider these questions: Do you plan to stay? Do you plan to return home?) You also must consider these questions for this project (and do them): What are you going to display to show aspects of your homeland to the fair goers? What will you display to show how you acculturated to America?

2 MODEL CITY... ARCHITECT (40 points) Build a model replica of an American city (urban city) of the late 1800s to early 1900s, correctly displaying the general set up of cities of the time. (Models should be relatively to scale, should be no larger than a student desktop and 3-D.) Within your model, ACCURATELY demonstrate your knowledge of the following: - Where the different classes of people lived (Rich, middle class, and poor) - Different types of housing in appropriate location - Evidence of where the immigrants lived - Entertainment facilities - Businesses, skyscrapers, department stores - Transportation system(s) - Community Organizations (buildings they work out of) - Schools, Safety departments, settlement houses, government buildings, etc. - Key/Legend on or near model - Your model and buildings should be built relatively to scale. * Make sure your model shows pride in workmanship. MODEL CITY BROCHURE... You re a Property Developer, Real Estate Agent, Advertising Executive, or Travel Agent - YOU ARE YOUR CITY S #1 SALESPERSON!) Make a brochure that attracts people to live in your city and/or visit there as tourists. Your brochure should accurately highlight the following: - Leisure and Entertainment options/sights to see - Housing options (for all budgets) - Schools, Safety departments, settlement houses, government buildings, etc. - Shopping facilities - Transportation services - City highlights - Nature places /Parks - Employment opportunities * Make sure your brochure is neatly formatted, proofread/spell-checked (free of spelling, grammar, and capitalization errors), accurate, attractive and organized. *** It is helpful to have more than one copy of your brochure on the day of the presentations. POLITICAL ANALYST (SPECIALIZING IN IMMIGRATION) Should the United States follow a policy of allowing free and open immigration? Should the United States pass new laws limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the country? These questions and others concerning immigration, continue to trouble Americans from all backgrounds, socioeconomic classes, and professions. Decide your own answers to these questions by going online or to the library/media center to learn more about how Americans feel about immigration and why. Then, choose one side of the issue, and write an opening statement that you could present in a class or school debate. (Provide a list of talking points with evidence/support that support your statement.)

3 MODEL CITY VIRTUAL TOUR... You are a photographer or videographer! Create a PowerPoint or MovieMaker video to attract people to live in your city or visit there as tourists. Your tour should accurately highlight/reflect the following: - Leisure and Entertainment options/sights to see - Housing options (for all budgets) - Schools, Safety departments, settlement houses, government buildings, etc. - Shopping facilities - Transportation services - City highlights - Nature places /Parks - Employment opportunities * Make sure your tour is neatly formatted, proofread/spell-checked (free of spelling, grammar, and capitalization errors), accurate, attractive and organized. OR, if you speak, make sure you use proper language, pronunciation, etc. and that you enunciate and speak clearly with moderate speed. *** It is helpful to have more than one copy of your tour created and saved - to the H: drive, a flash drive, etc. - so that you can access it immediately and with ease on presentation day. PROGRESSIVE REFORMER (You may not choose the other Progressive Reformer choice if you choose this one.) In the late 19 th & early 20 th centuries, more immigrants than ever before arrived in America. Most of them settled in cities, although they usually came from rural areas. Write a proposal for a program that would help immigrants to adjust to life in an American city in Focus on the most challenging aspects of an immigrant s life in an American city. Decide what type of organization will run your program. Will it be local government, state government, federal government, or another organization? Decide what challenge(s) your program would address and which immigrants it would serve. Make sure you explain the problem, describe each step of the proposal and its/their importance, and why you think your plan creates the best solution. CITY PLANNING...You re a Civil Engineer ACCURATELY Draw (and label) a map of an city of an American City (late 1800s to early 1900s). Draw it on an 8 ½" X 11" paper or graph paper. Your map should include: Tenements, Evidence of where immigrants live, Skyscrapers, Where the Poor, Middle Class, and Rich lived and types of homes they lived in, Entertainment and Sporting places, Transportation systems (Railroads/Elevated Trains/Subways), Shopping facilities, Community Organizations, Safety Departments, and have a legend/key and be drawn to scale relalatively to scale.

4 MODERN DAY RESEARCHER Compare & Contrast the immigrant experience of those coming to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s to those coming to the United States today (past decade to the present). Do research to learn about how immigrants legally enter the United States today. How are the experiences of today s immigrants similar to and different form those of the immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island (or Angel Island) in the late 1800s to early 1900s? FEATURE ARTICLES WRITER Compose a feature article ( words) for a leading newspaper of the early 1900s. Explain/Answer the following questions in your essay: How did immigrants change American society? What impact did immigrants have on the United States economy? Use your knowledge of the chapter and specific evidence from primary sources to support your opinion. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST Read American Issues Connector: Migration & Urbanization on p Complete all of the activities and questions and prepare a report with visuals to explain what you learned to the class. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER (10 points) New technology that developed in the 1880s changed the landscape of cities. Research, write a report, and create a display that portrays transportation improvements and answers the question, Why were commuter rail lines that were powered by electricity an improvement over earlier forms or commuter rail lines? [Include pictures to be shown as you give your report. (Time frame )] ARTIST WORKING FOR ARCHITECT DIGEST (A RENOW NED MAGAZINE IN YOUR CITY) (10 points) New technology that developed in the 1880s changed the landscape of cities. Research, write a report, and create a display that portrays the architecture of skyscrapers built in the late 1800s to early 1900s and answers the question, How did skyscrapers reflect technology merged with art? [Include pictures to be shown as you give your report. (Time frame )] (2 more choices on next page.)

5 TRAVEL AGENT (SPECIALIZING IN TOURS OF CHICAGO, NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND SAN FRANCISCO) (10 Points) Write an itinerary for a weekend trip to one of the above cities in Consider what kinds of activities a first-time visitor from the country might like to experience. (Help your clients be prepared: Make sure to include costs, travel arrangements, and overnight accommodations info. ) Must stay time period specific. PROGRESSIVE REFORMER (You may not choose the other Progressive Reformer choice if you choose this one.) (10 points) Outline a plan for helping immigrants adjust to life in America. Consider cultural and language differences.... EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO CITE THEIR SOURCES/DOCUMENT RESEARCH. (See next page about how to make a bibliography - REFERENCE sheet - in APA form.)

6 REFERENCES (BIBLIOGRAPHY) - Required [HOW TO DOCUMENT/CITE YOUR SOURCES IN APA STYLE] You must use your book, a website, and another print source minimum for all of your project choices - combined. Cite the sources you use in APA style. - The Purdue OWL web site can help you. - The word REFERENCES should be bolded at the top of your Reference page and be bolded and centered. - References are typed in alphabetical order. - The Reference page is double-spaced. (Don t double, double-space between entries.) - Every line after the first line of an entry is indented. (See examples below.) - Nearly everything can be cited, including music and personal interviews & letters. Here s some examples of how to cite different pieces of media: (Use the Purdue OW L site to help you if the below examples aren t enough.) Book Citation Set Up: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Book Citation Example: Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Website Citation Set Up: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from Website Citation Example: Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A list apart: For people who make websites, 149. Retrieved from Video Citation Set Up: Producer, P. P. (Producer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio or distributor. Music Recording Citation Set Up: Songwriter, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording date if different from copyright date).