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SPEAKING




1. Discuss the following:

- What do people mean saying “American Dream”? Who is the author of the phrase?

- Would you like to emigrate to the USA? Why? Why not?

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  1. State in one sentence what a green card is.
  2. Make an internet research and make an oral presentation on one of the topics:

How to get US citizenship (procedure, costs of applying).

Green Card Lottery (procedure, costs of applying).

  1. Analyse the information about immigration to America.

 

PRE - 1790 1790-1820 1820-1880
African 300,000 African 85,000 German Empire 3,000,000
English 300,000 Scotch-Irish 50,000 Ireland 2,800,000
Scotch-Irish 100,000 English 45,000 Britain 2,000,000
German 100,000 French 40,000 China 230,000
Scottish 75,000 German 25,000 African 50,000
 
1880-1930 1930-1965 1965-2000
Italy 4,600,000 Germany 940,000 Mexico 4,300,000
Austro-Hungarian Empire 4,000,000 Canada 900,000 The Philippines 1,400,000
Russian Empire 3,300,000 Mexico 610,000 Korea 760,000
German Empire 2,800,000 Britain 480,000 Dominican Republic 750,000
Britain 2,300,000 Italy 390,000 India 740,000
Canada 2,300,000   Cuba 720,000
  Vietnam 700,000
Canada 650,000
             

Data: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

 

4.1. Mention the source of the numbers and the topic.

4.2. Explain the formal components of the presentation (table): e.g. periods of time, columns, quantities, etc.

4.3. Describe the contents in details: e.g. changes over the time, peak and low points, relationships and connections.

4.4. Draw a conclusion from the numbers. Put your conclusion into a wider context.

 

  1. Use the material provided in the table to draw a timeline. Mark the peak periods. These are some key-words that might help you. Do the internet or library research to mark the other periods.

World War I Gold Rush Central Pacific Railroad German Revolution

slavery Vietnam War Irish Potato Famine World War II ……

Number of immigrants

 


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