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What is immigration?

What is immigration?. Immigration is the movement of people from one country or region to another in order to make a new home. Click here for video. What is an immigrant?. An immigrant is a person who moves from one country or region to another in order to make a new home.

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What is immigration?

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  1. What is immigration? Immigration is the movement of people from one country or region to another in order to make a new home. Click here for video

  2. What is an immigrant? An immigrant is a person who moves from one country or region to another in order to make a new home. Click to Play Interview Picture from: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongCulturalCenterESLProgramPhotos05.html

  3. Immigration to the United States 1820-2000 This chart and table show the number of immigrants that came to the United States from 1820-2000. What three time periods experienced the highest number of immigrants? Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

  4. Important Note: The maps used in this lesson are maps of the world currently. • In the 1800 and 1900’s borders/boundaries of countries in Europe changed several times. Some of the countries were larger in the 1800 and 1900’s than they are now. • However, for this lesson we are using current maps.

  5. 1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration • In this period of time almost 10.2 million immigrants came to the United States • The main countries the immigrants came from were in Northern and Western Europe

  6. 1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration The three main countries that immigrants came from in 1820-1880 Germany 3.0 million Ireland 2.8 million United Kingdom 1.9 million

  7. Locate Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom on the map

  8. 2007 Main Sources of Immigration The three main countries that immigrants came from in 2004: Mexico Philippines India

  9. Resources • http://www.mage.geog.macalester.edu/mngeog/MnCitiesLessons05/ImmigUSA1.Leba/USAimmig.ppt • http://www.yourchildlearns.com/europe_map.htm • http://www.usimmigrationlawyers.com/facts-country-origin.cfm • www.unitedstreaming.com-New York Up-Close: Immigration and the Industrial Revolution-video • Live interview from Fran Zimmerman

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