Immigrant experience
Put yourself in the shoes of a recent immigrant from year 1900. Choose ONE character below. Think about his/her immigration experience in the nineteenth, and consider the biggest challenges he/she faces. What kind of concerns are foremost in his/her mind, stretching from racism to the economy and everything in between?
1. 17-year old Swedish woman settled in Minnesota.
2. 27-year old Chinese man in San Francisco.
3. 53-year old Jewish woman (from Russia) in Chicago.
4. 33-year old Mexican man in South Texas.
