Process

Congratulations, you're well on your way to America, the land of opportunity! But while your on the long journey across the ocean, spend some time looking over the selected text set to accompany this quest:


 * Fleischman, P. (2013). //The Matchbox Diary.// Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.**


 * Gunning, M. (2004). //America, My New Home//. Illustrated by Ken Condon. Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press.**


 * Hamanaka, S. (1990). //The Journey.// Illustrated by Sheila Hamanaka. New York: Orchard Books.**


 * Lawlor, V. (1995). //I Was Dreaming of Coming to America//. Illustrated by Veronica Lawlor. New York: Penguin Books.**


 * Levinson, R. (1985). //Watch the Stars Come Out//. Illustrated by Diane Goode. New York: Puffin Unicorn Books.**


 * Maestro, B. (1996). //Coming to America, The Story of Immigration//. Illustrated by Susannah Ryan. New York: Scholastic Inc.**


 * Activity 1 (10 Points):**

Now that you've spent some time reading during your journey, lets take some time to do some writing.

On a separate piece of paper, write out the emotions that you felt when the characters in our stories were traveling to the United States by boat. How do you think that they were able to endure such a long trip? How would you have felt if this happened to you?

As you wait on the boat, you hear a bustle among the adults and see the Statue of Liberty in the distance! Now that you have made it across the ocean, you are not quite in America yet. Next you must make it through the inspections at Ellis Island.

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 * Activity 2 (10 Points):**

After watching the video, what were the tests that you must pass to be allowed into America? Describe your reaction to this process. Also Identify how you would feel if you were going through this.

Now that you are in America, you still do not quite feel like an American. Focus on the poem "No One Knows My Name" in the book America, My New Home by Monica Gunning. How is the author feeling about being in a strange new place? How would you feel if you were somewhere where no one knew your name? What could you do as an American to help someone who is feeling this way?
 * Activity 3 (10 Points):**