Immigration+Past+and+Present

Immigration Unit Wiki


 * Weekly Objectives -**


 * Objectives (Content):**

-describe the effects of immigration -idenitfy and describe ethnic neighborhoods/enclaves -analyze the growth of cities as a result of immigration -connect the effects of immigration in the past to those of today


 * Objectives (technology):**

-utilize interactive maps -annotate a text -create a podcast -create a mini video using Flip

Day 1 - Tuesday July 6th 2010

As in introduction to our immigration unit, we marked up an article that was recently written about the death of a Mexican teenager near the Mexican/American border. On that day I also started using functions on Word like the highlighter and the comment boxes which I hadn't really used before, but I found them to be both fun and helpful. In the future I'm sure they could help me study for quizzes and exams as well as just analyzing documents in class.







Day 2 - Wednesday July 7th 2010

My Immigration Background - Brazil

Day 3 - Thursday July 8th 2010



Tenement Housing Questions //a. What is a tenement house? (You may have to search other sites to answer this question) b.. How did immigration lead to the creation of tenement housing? c. What is life like for new immigrants in the early 1900's? What is life like in tenement housing? d. What potential obstacles can you see for recently arrived immigrants in the early 1900s?//

a. It's like a tiny apartment, which basically consists of 3 rooms. b. As more and more people came to the U.S. it cost less for the government to build small cramped apartments for them instead of larger homes. c. Life is very hard for immigrants in the early 1900's because they work a majority of the time and don't make much money at all. They also have to make sure to keep their homes clean and besides playing games in the streets, watching movies, and listening to music they don't have many other forms of entertainment. d. Potential obstacles could be intolerance by the American people, a lack of education, lack of jobs (because so many people are coming to the U.S. so quickly) and discrimination.

Day 4 - Friday July 9th 2010 technology: [|www.voicethread.com]**
 * Final Project: Voice Thread

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A voicethread is an extraordinary and fun tool to use at any time. It basically allows you to make a slideshow (by uploading or getting the URL's of different pictures) and then comment on it. You don't even need a microphone because on the site we used they could record what we had to say by calling our cell phones and letting us comment through that. You don't even have to use your voice because you also have the option of simply using text on your slideshow which appears on the bottom of whatever picture you choose.