By: Kerry, Jamie, Ashley & Pat. Russia Ireland.

By: Kerry, Jamie, Ashley & Pat

Russia

Ireland

The British were the first to come to America in large numbers.

There are four distinct groups:Puritans

Royalists

Quakers

English-Scots and Scotch-Irish

Political and religious discontentPopulation increasesUnemployment and displaced artisansShift from agriculture to large scale productionLegal restrictions lifted Transportation less expensiveThe Potato Famine (Irish)“The American Dream”

1st Wave- (1700-1775) about 450,000. England, Africa, France, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales, Denmark, Finland and Russia.

2nd Wave-(1820-1870) 7.5 million. Largest group from Ireland. Germany and China.

3rd Wave-(1880-1920) 23.5 million. Largest group was the Jewish community. Northern & Western Europe, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czech., Slovakia, Italians and Mexicans.

4th Wave-(1965-2002) 6 million and growing. Mexico, Philippines, Haiti, China, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, India, Jamaica, Cuba and South Korea.

What led them to America?

Religious conflict- English oppression Protestant vs. Catholic.

Over population –Result of Napoleonic Wars.

1845- The Great Potato Famine. Potato crop failure due to fungus. Starvation, homelessness, poverty and disease. Death totals uncertain, 2.5 million people.

Prime reason was the Industrial Revolution. The land of opportunity.

Current 5th grade curriculum

Irish immigrants settle only on the Northeastern seaboard.

Irish immigrants were mainly Catholic.

Male Irish immigrants are discussed as contributing to their ethnic community .

The Irish Brigade and their heroism.

What they leave out

Irish immigrants expanded North, South, East and West.

Protestant Irish and Catholic Irish both emigrated to America.

Half of the immigrants were independent women.

Women’s contributions are more than just maids, and nannies.

Civil War Riots in N.Y. city. The discrimination, and

overcoming low socioeconomic status.

Irish Women- Churches, schools, colleges, hospitals and convents.

Irish Men- Canals, railroads, sewer systems, streets and mining.

Fred Allen

Bing Crosby

George Carlin

River Dance

River Dance, Michael Flately

Syracuse 2009 Parade

Immigrants Classic Era 1729- head tax place on

foreigners. 1798-Alien & Sedition Acts Congress passes first quota

act to restrict immigration Loss of cultural traditions to

adopt mainstream American ideals.

1930’s immigration cut off. “Color-based prejudices

determined American citizenship

Immigrants Contemporary Era

Easier to maintain connections to homeland

Retain cultural identity longer –racial discrimination in housing.

The flow is constant and refills the ethnic community

School and society a little more accepting of cultural pluralism.

Over 3,000 years oldThe oldest monotheistic religion still being practicedSmallest number of followers with just 12 millionBeliefs are complied in the Hebrew Bible called the

Tankah or TorahPlace of Origin: Isreal; Jerusalem is their holy citySacred buildings are called synagoguesThe Jewish calendar starts with the day when Adam

and Eve were created (the Sixth Day of Creation). This year (2010) is 5770 on the Jewish Calendar.

A Religion Not all Jewish

people practice Judaism

A Race 1980 U.S. Court

Ruling A Culture

Kosher Food, Yiddish, Holidays

A Nation Hebrew term

“goy” means a group of people with a common history, destiny, and a sense of connection.

Rosh Hashanah– The New Year– Apples and Honey

Yom Kippur– Holiest day of the

year– Fasting for Adults

Passover– Seder– “Freedom”

Hanukah Menorah “The

Festival of Light” Dreidel

Ancient Israelites Decedents of Abraham; settled in the Fertile Crescent and enslaved by Egyptians

Roman Rule in Israel Jews fought back against Romans 985 villages destroyed; most Jews were wiped out

Those not killed were sold into slavery Middle Ages

Stayed strong through the Crusades 1260-1516: Israel under Turkish rule

War led to bloodshed, destruction, persecution and humiliation Early Modern Period

Under Muslim rule; massacres from 1828-1891

19th Century Persecution still evident Every country in Europe emancipated Jews except Russia Migration to the United States

Identification of a Jewish person = Star of David Adolf Hitler- Ruler of Germany and Nazi Party Jewish people were forced into Concentration Camps

Tortured and killed by the dominant, Nazi Party. Over 6 million Jews were killed

1.5 million of these were children

Education is very important in the Jewish Community

Early Education- birth to six years of age

Preserving their culture

Jewish Community Centers Partnership for Excellence in

Jewish Education (PEJE) Organization to

strengthen Jewish Education in day school's

80% of Jewish people in North America unaware

700 Jewish day school's in North America with 200,000 student's

Nun: The player receives nothing, next player spins.

Gimel: The player takes all of the pot.

Hay: The player takes half off the pot.

Shin: The player puts a piece into the pot.

5.2 American Jews4.3 American Jews are “Jewishly Committed”

Attend Passover Seders and go to synagogue33% report an annual income of $75,000 or

moreCompared to just 18% of the rest of Americans

Median Jewish household income is $54,000Average: $42,000

http://www.akhlah.com/http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm

www.myjewishlearning.comhttp://jccsyr.org/

The former Soviet Union is 1.8 times the size of the fifty states that make up America.

The population, (as of Jan. 2009): 141.9 million.

Population of Moscow, the capital of : 10.4 million.

The population in the former Soviet Union is declining.

The Russian people present some differences we did not expect. Here we may use a vocabulary word: irony. Isn’t it ironic in a country with a literacy rate of 99.4 percent, the same country also has some of the poorest people in the world?

Isn’t it ironic that a country 1.8 times the size of the United States, the population is less than half that of America?

[Russian Street Children Video]

The first wave of Russian immigrants took place from about 1880 – 1914.

The second wave from 1920 – 1939. The third wave from about 1945 – 1955. The fourth wave started in the 1970s, and is

still taking place today.

Immigrants took place. Why would I bring this up again? Life has evolved so it makes things more comfortable for the Russians.

Up to the current period, immigrants were expected to assimilate. I will not hold you accountable for knowing how to spell that vocabulary word. To understand assimilation means for a person to let go of his or her ethnic identity & take on American customs & culture. It means to let oneself absorb into

American way of life. Now, because there are already a lot ofpeople from Russia here, new immigrants havean easier time living here. The second newword is pluralism. It takes place as people cometo America & live in a community likethemselves, they can function within a Russianculture while living in America.

A great many Russians speak Russian as their first language.

The best way I can help you get a grasp on the vast numbers of Russians who came to live in America in just the last 10 years is to show you the chart on the following page. Over the past decade, the top six nations where people want to legally come to America are:

1.) The United Kingdom: 17,2072.) Ukraine: 17,1423.) Russia: 13,1884.) Germany: 8,4365.) Romania: 7,1376.) The former Soviet Union: 6,229

Ukraine: 17,142Russia: 13,188the former Soviet Union: 6,229Total: 36,559

The number of Russians and people related to one of the countries related to the former Soviet Union far surpasses the United Kingdom as that country where people want to come and live in America.

So, we learned today Russians like to come and find communities of other Russians and go and live there.

One community can be found in the Pacific Northwest. This is where it gets interesting.

Russians do not always think the way we do.As people came from one of those three countries named above, they wanted to connect with, they wanted to seek out, they

wanted to join with . . . who? Yes, other Russians, but they wanted to

join with another minority and make a greater whole. Who would that have been?

African Americans. They wanted to joinwith an organization called the Coalitionof Color. Because they wanted to create astronger organization than they could ontheir own, African Americans and RussianImmigrants created a distinctivecommunity that benefits themselves aswell as African Americans.

Some American White people who were born here had racist attitudes against American Black people. They had to learn racism.

Discussion at your tables…What do you think about that

Russian boy who was sent home?