NOTION : Myths and heroes (TL) THEME: THE U.S.A, a welcoming land: Myth or reality? CENTRAL QUESTION: To what extent can we consider the U.S.A as a welcoming country for immigrants? Key words: First and second wave of immigrants / Ellis Island /West Side Story -Integration vs rejection (pros and cons)/ Immigration policies in texts and cartoons (Illegal immigration / undocumented immigrants / The US Mexico border /Revisited symbols (Ex: The Statue of Liberty / Emma Lazarus ‘s poem revisited) Introduction: The USA have always been a country of immigration and considered a promised land, a land of opportunity, a land of plenty…  HISTORY OF THE IMMIGRATION TO THE USA (cf. blog- http://florenceduperray.free.fr/?cat=10&paged=3) -Video: the changing state of US ethnicity -Factsheet: immigration to the US -Charts and graphs: Immigrants by region during 50-year periods / Total immigrants by decade / Immigrants to US by origin, 1820-2009 (évaluation 1) 1st Period = 1st steps in the land of promise: ELLIS ISLAND PRESENTATION OF ELLIS ISLAND (cf.blog- http://florenceduperray.free.fr/?cat=10&paged=2) -The Ellis Island Webquest -Video: Deconstructing History –Ellis Island / Ellis Island visit (video travaillée en CO) / The Godfather-arrival on Ellis Island / -Poem: The New Colossus - original version by E.Lazarus /a welcoming signal for immigrants (Gateway/ Golden door) and a symbol of freedom WHAT THE IMMIGRANTS HAD TO GO THROUGH – the journey + arrival at Ellis Island -Text: On the threshold of a new world At Ellis Island Immigrants were on the point of entering the USA, the new world (opposed to the 'old world'/old continent = Europe). New York was the "Gateway" to the Promised Land. Ellis Island was the immigration center in NY harbor most immigrants from Europe had to go through: between 1892 and 1952/ at the turn of the century / early in the 20th century/ at the peak of immigration mainly from Southern and Eastern Europe. When they arrived immigrants thought they were welcomed in America (the statue of liberty) Reasons for emigrating to the US Life was hard for new immigrants (they had to work hard to make a living) even though it was better than the one they had left ( poverty, famine, war, religious or political persecution) and some of them or their descendants made it / succeeded in America. 2nde period: after WW2 (World War two) = Past Delusion PUERTO RICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE US (cf. blog- http://florenceduperray.free.fr/?cat=10) -Song + Lyrics: America - the American dream vs disillusion. The pros and cons of emigrating

-Video from the musical 3rd period = reconsidering the American Dream ASIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE US (cf.blog - http://florenceduperray.free.fr/?cat=10) -Text: Miss Liberty gets Americanism lesson (Art Buchwald)  Post Vietnam War emigration to the US + The Cambodian Genocide with the Khmer rouge and Pol Pot’s dictatorship (mid 1970’s): political refugees The Statue of Liberty revisited: her arguments against immigration and for the tightening of the US immigration policy. The narrator’s arguments to convince Miss Liberty MEXICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE US (cf.blog- http://florenceduperray.free.fr/?cat=10) -Video: The walls of shame (about the US/Mexico border and illegal immigration) - 3 Cartoons :  Revisited symbols: Statue of Liberty +the poem “the New Colossus”revisited original version by E.Lazarus: a welcoming signal for immigrants (Gateway/ Golden door) and a symbol of freedom A change in the US immigration policy: “chosen” immigration The fences along the Mexico US border: o The walls (“GW Bush administration and the “secure Fence Act” 2006) o The natural barriers: The Sonoran desert and Rio Grande o The virtual fences :cameras / border patrols

Conclusion: Answer the central question (on the one hand…/ On the other hand/ Get ready to give your point of view, and talk about your experiences Extra documents C.E Type BAC: Father Flood ( Colin Toibin, Brooklyn, 2009) Texts about Mexican immigration : o ‘Josseline’ o ‘the Tortilla curtain’ Songs: o Bruce Springsteen’s songs “American Land” and “Sinaloa Cowboys” Vocabulary: Immigration - to emigrate / to immigrate to – immigrant- migrants/newcomers to leave – to escape -to flee - to run away from - hope for a new life/new start in life - a brand new life- to start from scratch – to integrate the US melting pot / salad bowl to stem immigration flow - the main / the most important group / majority Undocumented/illegal immigrants – aliens – foreigners-refugees Eastern / Western / Southern / Northern Europe-native country – homelandthe rate- the number - the figures - the proportion / high - low - significant to rise - to increase - to grow - peak period to decline - to decrease - to drop – to collapse – to regulate immigration to the US. early 1820s - late 1880s - at the turn of the century motivation / reason for emigrating/ the push factors and the pull factors: Historical events - social events - famine – poverty- racial discrimination - persecution – war- deteriorating economic conditions – fundamental civil rights Immigration centre/ station To increase restriction on immigration To be expelled from the US – to be sent back – to be deported