Shutting Out the Sky Vocabulary Chart Keep a list of words you have learned throughout the unit.

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1 Shutting Out the Sky Vocabulary Chart Keep a list of words you have learned throughout the unit. Word immigrant Definition one who moves permanently to another country from his or her native land Synonyms, Antonyms, and Similar Words (Word Family) immigrated Immigration immigrating Source Sentence, Source, and Page # Picture or Image from a Source emigrant Someone who leaves their homeland for another place. emigrating emigration Of We Thee Sing from Coming to America...the emigrant leaves his homeland for some other place. ancestors a person from whom one is descended, esp. of several generations ago ancestry ancestral Of We Thee Sing from Coming to America Their distant ancestors were immigrants who crossed a now vanished land bridge descended to be related by blood, esp. through several generations descendent Of We Thee Sing from Coming to America All Americans are either immigrants or descended from immigrants. ventured an undertaking or enterprise that involves risk or is of uncertain outcome venturing ventures venture...she d never ventured more than a few miles from her small mountain town.

2 persecution to subject to persistent harassment, punishment, or ill-treatment. persecute, persecutor, persecuting Coming to the Golden Land from Shutting Out...America offered the promise of not only gold, but freedom from religious persecution anxiously feeling uneasiness, worry, or dread anxious, anxiousness discriminatin g poverty to judge or act toward someone on a categorical rather than individual basis the condition of being poor or lacking the necessary means of support discriminate, discrimination Laws in Romania discriminating against Jews made it almost impossible for him to go to university or start a successful business....emigration was his only chance to escape the poverty of his town, and to get an education. progrom a systematic persecution or slaughter of an ethnic or religious group, esp. of Jews. S: holocaust Statue of Liberty from Coming to America Read about the pogroms against the Jews!

3 refugee a person forced to leave his or her home or native land to seek safe refuge, usu. as a result of war, persecution S: exiles Statue of Liberty from Coming to America After writing of the pogroms in 1881 she worked with refugees in America and composed the poem brazen to face or endure in a bold or defiant way brazenly brazened The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame astride with a leg on each side The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus With conquering limbs astride from land to land, reform to change something to make it better reformed, reforming, reforming Tenements from Shutting Out pg. 25 But efforts for reform continued, and in 1890 a call to action came colossus The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

4 tenement A multifamily apartment building in the poorer part of the city tenements, tenent Tenements from Shutting Out pg. 22 These multifamily apartment buildings were called tenement houses. boarder a person who is housed and supplied with meals. board S. occupant Settling In: Boarders and Greenhorns from Shutting Out pg.38 In 1908, one expert estimated that about one out of every four immigrant families had a boarder. greenhorn 1. a youthful or inexperienced person. 2. one who can be easily tricked; gullible person. greenhorns Settling In: Boarders and Greenhorns from Shutting Out pg. 37 To a newcomer, or greenhorn, like Marcus, it was all very confusing. sweatshop an establishment employing laborers at low wages, for unreasonable hours, or under unhealthy conditions. Everyone Worked On from Shutting Out the Sky pg found her a job of her own in a small sweatshop, sewing the lining of coat sleeves. laborers a person engaged in unskilled manual labor. labor, laboring Everyone Worked On from Shutting Out the Sky pg. 59 Immigrant men found work as laborers, carpenters, factory workers

5 peddlers one who sells goods in the street or from door to door. peddle peddling Everyone Worked On from Shutting Out the Sky pg everybody hustled, and nearly everybody peddled. voice the power to express an opinion or point of view altar a raised table or platform used for religious ceremonies Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman pg. I stood before our family altar. thrive to grow strong and healthy thrived, thriven, thrives, thriving, throve Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman pg. And I vowed to myself that those beans would thrive. ambition a strong desire to become famous, rich, or to reach a goal S. desire, drive, push, zeal A New Language, A New Life from Shutting Out pg. 88 The spirit itself was electric-ambition to get out of this poverty.

6 bustling Moving rapidly and with energy bustle A New Language, A New Life from Shutting Out pg. 87 The bustling restaurant felt warm and cozy after a day spent outside on the cold streets. indigenous having origin in a country or locality; native indigenously Coming to America: The Story of Immigration pg.