Going to America ...

The Promised Land!



Lessons

Why do immigrants come to the United States?
Often they come because they desire the basic human rights and freedoms that are offered to all citizens in America. These four lessons explore the reasons that Russian Jews left the Pale in the late 1800's and early 1900's by using the writings of one such immigrant, Mary Antin.

Mary and her family moved to the United States in 1892 and settled in Chelsea and later Boston. Among the rights that Mary's family sought were education, religious freedom, and the ability to freely make a living. Mary's experiences were not unique and her writings are very insightful of the struggles of immigrants of that time.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? -- Natalie Forbes Never Look Back - Inmaculada Peters But in America, We Can Go to School - Jessica Travaline Free to Be Me - Hope Rossow
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
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Natalie Forbes, Highlands School, Braintree		 Never Look Back

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Inmaculada Peters, Kelly School, Chelsea		 But in America, We can Go to School
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Jessica Travaline, Berkowitz School, Chelsea		 Free to Be Me

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Hope Rossow, Kelly School, Chelsea
Background image:
Contents from Mary Antin's scrapbook and homework.
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library's Rare Books Department.