Gone+to+Texas+Booklet

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Immigrants to Texas came from many different places, but they shared a variety of reasons for coming.

Choose two of the following immigrant groups to research (you may want to choose the country where your ancestors came from).

Choose from among these cultural groups for your research:

Belgian Chinese Czech French German Greek Italian Lebanese Mexican Norwegian Polish <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Irish <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">African

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I’ll be researching immigrants from:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">“What am I DOING here???”
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Most immigrants had good reasons for wanting to make a change. Look through the booklets about your groups, and find THREE reasons why it would be worth it to leave home for a foreign country.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Group 1: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Group 2: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Make a star next to the reasons that your two groups have in common.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Are the two countries close to each other?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How could they have heard about Texas?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**IF YOU WANT TO PRINT THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR GROUP, PLEASE DO IT AT HOME! THE LIBRARY PRINTER IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.**

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">HOW did you COME to be here?
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">1. WHY did your group choose to settle in Texas?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">2. WHERE did your group settle first? WHERE did they enter Texas?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">GOOD DEAL, OR RESHUFFLE?
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">1. Did your group have a positive or a negative experience once they got to Texas? Explain.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">2. Where in Texas do they live now? Do they have a cultural pocket? (A concentration in Texas?)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">THINK HARD, NOW...
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What cultural characteristics—such as language, food, clothing, customs, holiday traditions, or educational methods—did your group bring to Texas?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">What lasting impact does your cultural group have on Texas today?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Has your group been assimilated into the culture of the United States? Why or why not?

Websites:
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">[|http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/culture/german/german-texans]

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">[|http://www.texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf]

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[|http://www.everyculture.com/multi/index.html] assimilation, settlement patterns, contributions

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<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|http://www.tshaonline.org/tools/studentguides/guide2.html#10]. Republic of Texas