Immigration+Letter

**// Task: //** You are going to write a letter as if you are a “new” immigrant. You are writing home to someone from your country. You can choose to be from: ** Italy ****, **** Greece **** , **** China **** , **** Poland **** , or **** Ireland ****. ** // These are the details you need to include: //
 * __ Immigration Letter Project __**
 * 1) What was life like back in your home country that made you want to leave **(push/pull factors)**?
 * 2) What was it like traveling by ship to America? **(in steerage)**
 * 3) What was your experience traveling through Ellis Island (or Angel Island)?
 * 4) What is your life like as an immigrant? Give details about benevolent societies.
 * 5) What is it like to live in a tenement?
 * 6) What kind of work are you doing? **(sweatshop)**



Immigrant Letter Examples