Immigration Project:Alternative Assignment

Directions: Imagine that you are Victoria Confino. Using what you know about American immigration and the six artifacts provided, write a minimum five paragraph journal in first person narrative (you are pretending to be Victoria). Describe what her experiences might have been like coming to the United States and the difficulties she faced when she arrived. Be creative, use lots of details, and have fun!

Include the following:

1. Describe why you chose to come to American and how you felt about leaving your homeland.

2. Include a description of your journey by boat across the Atlantic Ocean.

3. Explain what your emotions and feelings were upon seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time.

4. Describe what your experience was like going through immigrant processing at Ellis Island.

5. Explain what some of your first experiences were living in the United States. (Include where you ended up living and working.)

You must also answer the attached questions

Each entry is worth 5 points (total 25 points)You will also need 4 pictures (one point each)Total for project 29 points

Confino Primary Source - Immigration ActivityVictoria Confino emigrated from her homeland of Greece to the United States. After reviewing the attached primary sources, answer the following questions.

The Postcard:

Describe the picture on the front of the postcard. What is the name of the town? _________________________________________________________________________

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What do you think it would be like to grow up in this town?

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Mr. Confino’s passport:

What does the word VISA mean? Why is it printed on this passport?

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When did Victoria arrive? __________ How did she travel to America? _________________

Why might someone write the note that appears on the passport?

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Victoria’s report card:

How often did Victoria attend school? ___________________________________________

Was she absent often? ____________________________________

How do you think Victoria felt about attending school? ______________________________

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Family Photograph:

What is the family wearing? _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

How does this clothing compare to what a family would wear today? ____________________________________________________________________________

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Alternate Immigration ProjectVictoria Confino’s PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Artifact 2:This Passport belonged to

Victoria’s father. On it, she wrote,

“Victoria Confino came in

this country August 19 the year 1913 the ship was the

Martha Washington.”

Artifact 1: A Postcard of Kastoria, Turkey (today it’s part of Greece), --the home town of the Confino family.

Artifact 3: This photograph was

taken soon after the Confinos arrived in

America. They moved to and

settled in New York City, New York and lived on 97 Orchard St

*Victoria is the girl on the far right. She was 9 years old.

*Her brothers from left to right: Jacob, Saul, David. (Victoria would later have two more siblings named Salvatore and Esther.)

Artifact 4: Victoria Confino’s 2nd grade report card.

Artifact 5: A list of the Ship Manifest that Victoria Confino and her family traveled on to come to America.

Artifact 6:

Abraham Confino's

Naturalization Card 1925.

This was given to Victoria’s

dad when he became a

U.S. citizen.