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=A Historical and Geographical Journey in North America - In Search of the American Dream=


 * This Quick tour will help you Understand North American Geography and Settlement**

Your goal is to describe the geography of a region of North America and the experience of immigration to a region by people from foreign lands. Describe the reasons people came, the difficulties they experienced, the types of industries they created, and tell us if they fulfilled their dreams in coming to this new place. Also, how do these tales compare to the idea of the "American Dream" that we are studying in World Literature and Composition? Use many images and use text sparingly. Record narratives using your voice when possible.

===Review one of the different region and the period of settlement listed. Note that much of your research on settlement will overlap regions, but don't let this worry you to much. We can discuss this with you as you do your research: ===

Region: The Canadian Prairies The American Midwest Settlement: Westward migration and settlement in the 19th century Region: The East Coast of Canada The American Northeast coast The American southeast coast Settlement: Arrival in Halifax, New York, New Orleans, Boston, Miami

Region The Great Lakes region Settlement: Arrival in Montreal, migration throughout this region from further east

Region: The Northwest coast Settlement: Arrival in Vancouver and Victoria - Canada, Seattle and Vancouver - USA

Region: The Southwest coast Settlement: The Gold Rush, Migration westward

Region: The Arctic, The Canadian shield

Region: The south central American states Settlement: Migration and conflict in defining borders

Other things to consider: Railroad building: movement across the country to work the lines

Questions to guide you include:

 * 1) What is the geography of the region? Provide explanations why you would visit this place and what you would see if traveling there. (landforms, topography, land use)
 * 2) Provide three examples of the quality of life in this region. Why would you or why would you not live in one some of the places presented based on the information provided? Give 3 examples and explanations.
 * 3) How would you explain the geography of the region if you had to explain it to someone else? Consider an explanation portraying the entire region from North to South or East to West that paints a picture in their minds, and identifies key areas. Show is images.
 * 4) What have people and governments done to make this a good place for people to live? What is lacking or in need of improvement?
 * 5) What was this place like when people first arrived and settled the region? Who settled in the region and what sort of industries did they start? What were some of the obstacles people faced settling this region or in living here thereafter? How were problems overcome? Find an example of a story of settlement in this region using the resources found by Ms Osborne.
 * 6) What dreams and hopes did people have upon arriving to these regions? What difficulties did people have in fulfilling theses dreams? What were their obstacles? What were their successes and failure?
 * 7) Did the work of these people make life easier or better for future generations? Explain using examples.
 * 8) What other information would you want to share about traveling in this region? Consider seasons, things to see and do.

We will visit the library and use the internet. A search might lead you to a page like this one created by a professor for research on this topic:[|Immigration]

Here is a list of resources particular to the US from excellent research provided by Ms. Osborne, your most helpful librarian.

Library of Congress: Immigration ·   http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/introduction.html ·   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/start/inres/ushist/chrono.html Interviews with Immigrants ·   http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/interv/toc.php Oral History ·   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/oh1/ammem.html American Immigrant Experience Syllabus: College Course Descriptions ·   http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/hirsch/AIE_syllabus.html ·   http://www.oasisnet.org/immigrant/topic_literature.htm  Regions/Time Periods Migration and movement west in the 19th century ||  ||   ||   Immigration at the turn of the century on both coasts, maybe from the south Post WWars, migration due to gold rush, railroad building
 * Louisiana    : European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/lapurchase/
 * Northern Great Plains  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
 * Westward by Sea  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/mymhihome.html
 * Ohio River    Valley   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html
 * Trails to Utah and the Pacific  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/overhome.html
 * Prarie Settlement  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/nbhihtml/pshome.html
 * Port of Entry:  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/port/teacher.html
 * German Immigrants:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/german/intro.html
 * California  as I First Saw it
 * http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
 * Interwar period and during the dirty thirties
 * Voices from the 30's
 * http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
 * Voices from the Dust Bowl
 * http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html


 * Benchmarks**

Standard 1. Students connect the past with the present by… .1 Assessing how lifestyles and values have undergone dramatic changes in the world (e.g., comparing life in China under the early imperial dynasties to present -day life, and assessing the degree of similarity and difference. .3 Hypothesizing how critical events could have had different outcomes.

Standard 2. Students show understanding of how humans interpret history by... .1 Locating appropriate primary and secondary sources in order to find evidence to support his or her hypothesis.

Standard 3. Students show understanding of past, present, and future time by... .1 Creating an historical narrative.

Standard 4: Students interpret geography and solve geographic problems by… .1 Identifying characteristics of states, countries, and continents; synthesizing and evaluating characteristics of various areas in relation to a particular variable. .2 Observing, comparing, and analyzing patterns of national, and global land use over time (e.g., agriculture, forestry, industry) to understand why particular locations are used for certain human activities; speculating as to which areas might be used in the future and the impact of that usage.

Standard 7. Students act as citizens by… .3 Discussing why people want to become citizens of another country.

Your Project Work:
Place your images in a slideshow which will be uploaded to Voicethreads. In Voicethreads you will narrate your findings based on the guiding questions listed. Please feel free to add interesting or relevant information to your presentation. Ask Ms Guiry and I for assistance with your work.

Attached is the rubric(incomplete!!) for this project. Please review the requirements for your Voicethreads piece: [|Your Settlement Rubric.doc]

Your work will be presented Thursday, November 6th, 2008.