Transcript US- Canada American Dream condensed - 09 - L

The American Dream and
Immigration - Economics
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
**US and Canada**
10/3
Cover Page/Map
21
10/6
Regions
22
10/13
Immigration - Political
23
10/14
Immigration - Economic
24
Directions: Draw a line underneath your Immigration
– Political notes and Title it Immigration - Economic
Copy this web into your notebook
2. The American
Dream
1. High Standard
of Living
Economic Factors that
Affect Immigration to the
United States
What is standard of
living?
1. The standard of living - the
quality and quantity of goods and
services available to people.
High Standard of Living = Developed Nations
Low Standard of Living = Developing Nations
The United States
GDP per capita is less
than $15,000.
Task –
1. Explain the American dream in your
own words?
2. Give one example that shows the
American Dream is true.
2. The American Dream
- Idea held by many in the United
States of America that through hard
work, courage and determination
one can achieve prosperity.
The American Dream and
Immigration
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The American Dream, along with escape
from persecution, and/or war in one's
home country, has always been the
primary reason for immigrants wanting to
come to America.
Throughout its history, America has been
seen as the land of economic opportunity.
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2. The American
Dream
1. High Standard
of Living
Economic Factors that
Affect Immigration to the
United States
3. Market
Economy
4. Economic Pull
Factors
3. Free Market Economy
• Definition  Production is controlled by the
DEMAND of CONSUMERS.
• People come to US to work.
• There is a demand for more workers.
Business
College
Skill Welding
The American Dream
and Immigration to the U.S.
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By the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, large
numbers of immigrants were from Eastern and
Southern Europe. Huge numbers of Italians,
Poles, Greeks, Jews, Russians and others came to
find work in industrial cities such as New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit.
The American Dream appears to have enduring
appeal to citizens from many in other countries.
The United States remains a magnet for
immigrants today, receiving 1 million legal
entrants annually--the highest such rate in the
world. A majority of today’s immigrants hail from
Latin America and Asia.
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4. Push and Pull Factors
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the web add two economic push
factors and two economic pull factors
for US immigration.
 Example
jobs
- Push Factor = Lack of
Picture Analysis
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Copy this sentence on your paper:
1. US immigration is like ___________,
because…
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2.
3.
Directions:
Use the picture to complete the sentence.
You will need to write the sentence
multiple times.
You have three minutes for each picture.
Closure
1.
Answer the Question of the Day on your
piece of notebook paper.
2.
Make sure your name is on the notebook
paper.
3.
Turn in your notebook paper and
Immigration Story assignment (only if
it’s done) on the chair by the door as you
leave.
Accessibility of the American
Dream – Exit Ticket
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Is the American Dream accessible to
people in the United States? Why or
why not?
Lets try to piece their
story together….
How do you think life was
for them by looking at
these picture?
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Tracing the Path of these
Immigrants
Happy Times in Vietnam
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Then Things change...Vietnam War
Life after the Collapse of South
Vietnam
In the words of Khoan Tran:
“ When the Second Republic of South Vietnam
collapsed on April 30, 1975, almost all officers
who served in the South Army Forces’ resistance
to North Vietnam Communist regime and anyone
who collaborated with the South Vietnam
government were put in re-education camps for
years.”
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“Then the Vietnam Communist government
removed all former officers’ families who lived in
the cities out of their homes.”
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Why would some people want to
leave??
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If this person
fought for South
Vietnam during the
Vietnam War…Why
would he want to
flee after the
Communist take
control of Vietnam?
Discussion
 Using
the previous two slide as a
reference, what PUSH factors did the
Vietnamese people experience?
 Is
this similar to immigrants all over
the world?
The Journey that many took…
Chasing the American
Dream….
The Immigrants escaped
Vietnam and started to
piece their lives back
together…
Last stop BEFORE getting to the
United States
Hard Work and 25 years later……
Their Dreams Came True