Immigrant experience

Put yourself in the shoes of a recent immigrant from year 1900. Choose ONE character below. Think about his/her immigration experience in the nineteenth, and consider the biggest challenges he/she faces.

What kind of concerns are foremost in his/her mind, stretching from racism to the economy and everything in between?

1. 17-year old Swedish woman settled in Minnesota.

2. 27-year old Chinese man in San Francisco.

3. 53-year old Jewish woman (from Russia) in Chicago.

4. 33-year old Mexican man in South Texas.