Picture 1:
These people are probably immigrants/ asylum seekers. They come from Europe. They must be Irish or Italian for instance. They are disembarking/ getting off the boat on Ellis Island, in New York. They have just come/arrived in the USA. They seem to be happy and hopeful because they want to start a new life in a free country, in which everything seems possible. They left everything behind to start anew.Picture 2: We can see several young people. They are demonstratingin the street. They are certainly issued from immigration because they seem to come from different/diverse origins. They are holding/carrying placards to protest. They want to raise people’s awareness about the immigration issue. They are fighting for the immigrants’ rights, they aim at denouncing Trump’s Immigration Policy and the US Mexico Wall. The USA have always been a land of refuge.
Compare the 2 pictures: differences and similarities
Differences:
The first scene takes place at the beginning of the Twentieth century, in 1911 in Ellis Island, New York whereas the second scene takes place in 2018/ nowadaysin San Antonio, Texas, it concerned modern immigration.The first picture deals with the European Immigration while the second one is probably about the Mexican or Latino Immigration (cf San Antonio in Texas).On the one hand, in the first picture, the immigrants are welcomed and they have a right to come to the USA, on the other hand, in the second picture, immigration is probably considered illegal. Immigrants are often undocumented. They cross the US border illegally.
Similarities:
Both categories of immigrants aspire/yearn to the same things: freedom, liberty, a better place to live, a better job, better standards of living, the pursuit of happiness… They both want to live the American DreamNow focus on the placard in picture 2. Does it remind you of something?
The New Colossus poem by Emma Lazarus which is written on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
Read the poem and answer the questions.
CO: THE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
It is a national holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. At this occasion, Americans share a bountiful meal with family and friends and they have turkey as a main dish.
In 1620, a group of about 100 religious rebels who were persecuted by the English King left Plymouth, England, on board the Mayflower, to settle in America. They were called Puritans because they wanted to make the church and society purer. They founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts where they wanted to practise the religion of their choice.