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By: Kerry, Jamie, Ashley & Pat
Russia
Ireland
The British were the first to come to America in large numbers.
There are four distinct groups:Puritans
Royalists
Quakers
English-Scots and Scotch-Irish
Political and religious discontentPopulation increasesUnemployment and displaced artisansShift from agriculture to large scale productionLegal restrictions lifted Transportation less expensiveThe Potato Famine (Irish)“The American Dream”
1st Wave- (1700-1775) about 450,000. England, Africa, France, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales, Denmark, Finland and Russia.
2nd Wave-(1820-1870) 7.5 million. Largest group from Ireland. Germany and China.
3rd Wave-(1880-1920) 23.5 million. Largest group was the Jewish community. Northern & Western Europe, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czech., Slovakia, Italians and Mexicans.
4th Wave-(1965-2002) 6 million and growing. Mexico, Philippines, Haiti, China, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, India, Jamaica, Cuba and South Korea.
What led them to America?
Religious conflict- English oppression Protestant vs. Catholic.
Over population –Result of Napoleonic Wars.
1845- The Great Potato Famine. Potato crop failure due to fungus. Starvation, homelessness, poverty and disease. Death totals uncertain, 2.5 million people.
Prime reason was the Industrial Revolution. The land of opportunity.
Current 5th grade curriculum
Irish immigrants settle only on the Northeastern seaboard.
Irish immigrants were mainly Catholic.
Male Irish immigrants are discussed as contributing to their ethnic community .
The Irish Brigade and their heroism.
What they leave out
Irish immigrants expanded North, South, East and West.
Protestant Irish and Catholic Irish both emigrated to America.
Half of the immigrants were independent women.
Women’s contributions are more than just maids, and nannies.
Civil War Riots in N.Y. city. The discrimination, and
overcoming low socioeconomic status.
Irish Women- Churches, schools, colleges, hospitals and convents.
Irish Men- Canals, railroads, sewer systems, streets and mining.
Fred Allen
Bing Crosby
George Carlin
River Dance
River Dance, Michael Flately
Syracuse 2009 Parade
Immigrants Classic Era 1729- head tax place on
foreigners. 1798-Alien & Sedition Acts Congress passes first quota
act to restrict immigration Loss of cultural traditions to
adopt mainstream American ideals.
1930’s immigration cut off. “Color-based prejudices
determined American citizenship
Immigrants Contemporary Era
Easier to maintain connections to homeland
Retain cultural identity longer –racial discrimination in housing.
The flow is constant and refills the ethnic community
School and society a little more accepting of cultural pluralism.
Over 3,000 years oldThe oldest monotheistic religion still being practicedSmallest number of followers with just 12 millionBeliefs are complied in the Hebrew Bible called the
Tankah or TorahPlace of Origin: Isreal; Jerusalem is their holy citySacred buildings are called synagoguesThe Jewish calendar starts with the day when Adam
and Eve were created (the Sixth Day of Creation). This year (2010) is 5770 on the Jewish Calendar.
A Religion Not all Jewish
people practice Judaism
A Race 1980 U.S. Court
Ruling A Culture
Kosher Food, Yiddish, Holidays
A Nation Hebrew term
“goy” means a group of people with a common history, destiny, and a sense of connection.
Rosh Hashanah– The New Year– Apples and Honey
Yom Kippur– Holiest day of the
year– Fasting for Adults
Passover– Seder– “Freedom”
Hanukah Menorah “The
Festival of Light” Dreidel
Ancient Israelites Decedents of Abraham; settled in the Fertile Crescent and enslaved by Egyptians
Roman Rule in Israel Jews fought back against Romans 985 villages destroyed; most Jews were wiped out
Those not killed were sold into slavery Middle Ages
Stayed strong through the Crusades 1260-1516: Israel under Turkish rule
War led to bloodshed, destruction, persecution and humiliation Early Modern Period
Under Muslim rule; massacres from 1828-1891
19th Century Persecution still evident Every country in Europe emancipated Jews except Russia Migration to the United States
Identification of a Jewish person = Star of David Adolf Hitler- Ruler of Germany and Nazi Party Jewish people were forced into Concentration Camps
Tortured and killed by the dominant, Nazi Party. Over 6 million Jews were killed
1.5 million of these were children
Education is very important in the Jewish Community
Early Education- birth to six years of age
Preserving their culture
Jewish Community Centers Partnership for Excellence in
Jewish Education (PEJE) Organization to
strengthen Jewish Education in day school's
80% of Jewish people in North America unaware
700 Jewish day school's in North America with 200,000 student's
Nun: The player receives nothing, next player spins.
Gimel: The player takes all of the pot.
Hay: The player takes half off the pot.
Shin: The player puts a piece into the pot.
5.2 American Jews4.3 American Jews are “Jewishly Committed”
Attend Passover Seders and go to synagogue33% report an annual income of $75,000 or
moreCompared to just 18% of the rest of Americans
Median Jewish household income is $54,000Average: $42,000
http://www.akhlah.com/http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm
www.myjewishlearning.comhttp://jccsyr.org/
The former Soviet Union is 1.8 times the size of the fifty states that make up America.
The population, (as of Jan. 2009): 141.9 million.
Population of Moscow, the capital of : 10.4 million.
The population in the former Soviet Union is declining.
The Russian people present some differences we did not expect. Here we may use a vocabulary word: irony. Isn’t it ironic in a country with a literacy rate of 99.4 percent, the same country also has some of the poorest people in the world?
Isn’t it ironic that a country 1.8 times the size of the United States, the population is less than half that of America?
[Russian Street Children Video]
The first wave of Russian immigrants took place from about 1880 – 1914.
The second wave from 1920 – 1939. The third wave from about 1945 – 1955. The fourth wave started in the 1970s, and is
still taking place today.
Immigrants took place. Why would I bring this up again? Life has evolved so it makes things more comfortable for the Russians.
Up to the current period, immigrants were expected to assimilate. I will not hold you accountable for knowing how to spell that vocabulary word. To understand assimilation means for a person to let go of his or her ethnic identity & take on American customs & culture. It means to let oneself absorb into
American way of life. Now, because there are already a lot ofpeople from Russia here, new immigrants havean easier time living here. The second newword is pluralism. It takes place as people cometo America & live in a community likethemselves, they can function within a Russianculture while living in America.
A great many Russians speak Russian as their first language.
The best way I can help you get a grasp on the vast numbers of Russians who came to live in America in just the last 10 years is to show you the chart on the following page. Over the past decade, the top six nations where people want to legally come to America are:
1.) The United Kingdom: 17,2072.) Ukraine: 17,1423.) Russia: 13,1884.) Germany: 8,4365.) Romania: 7,1376.) The former Soviet Union: 6,229
Ukraine: 17,142Russia: 13,188the former Soviet Union: 6,229Total: 36,559
The number of Russians and people related to one of the countries related to the former Soviet Union far surpasses the United Kingdom as that country where people want to come and live in America.
So, we learned today Russians like to come and find communities of other Russians and go and live there.
One community can be found in the Pacific Northwest. This is where it gets interesting.
Russians do not always think the way we do.As people came from one of those three countries named above, they wanted to connect with, they wanted to seek out, they
wanted to join with . . . who? Yes, other Russians, but they wanted to
join with another minority and make a greater whole. Who would that have been?
African Americans. They wanted to joinwith an organization called the Coalitionof Color. Because they wanted to create astronger organization than they could ontheir own, African Americans and RussianImmigrants created a distinctivecommunity that benefits themselves aswell as African Americans.
Some American White people who were born here had racist attitudes against American Black people. They had to learn racism.
Discussion at your tables…What do you think about that
Russian boy who was sent home?
