AP US History: Project #1
Immigration: late 1800’s to early 1900’s
Using your knowledge of the above time period, you are to describe the experiences of the immigrants. The information you gather will be used to develop a project consisting of a poster that includes maps, other visuals, and written information. You must select immigrants from either Italy, Germany, Ireland, China, Japan or Russia. You can only work in groups of 2.
You must include all of the following areas:
- your group’s ethnic or national group
- where they came from (ex. show a map)
- where they settled (ex. show a map)
- when they came to America (ex. draw a timeline or graph showing the information)
- why they left their homes (ex. create a brief news article or diary entry)
- why they wanted to come to America, what America offered to them (ex. create a brief diary entry, letter to a friend, job advertisement)
- what problems they faced when they got to America (ex. write a brief letter to home, news article, or diary entry)
- what contribution(s) your group made to American society (ex. a news article about a real person from your family)
You will use construction paper for your poster. This needs to be well planned in order to show all the above information!!
Suggestions: Type your news articles. Plan the sizes of your written pieces so they will fit on the poster. Write or type the pieces on other sheets of paper, then place them on slightly larger pieces of colored paper and glue these to your poster in an attractive fashion. Make sure you label all your pictures, graphs etc.
This project is to be handed in on the 18th of February 2011. No late projects will be accepted. Students who are absent on the day of the due date must present a doctor’s note or a note from their parent/guardian with a valid telephone number the day they return to class.
