Immigration+Project

= Immigration Mapping Project =


 * Welcome! The Immigration Project uses students' own family histories (and Google Maps) to chart the history of immigration in the United States. By engaging in this project, students learn more about themselves, their country, and their community. Looking at the maps helps us see the similarities and differences in immigration patterns across the nation.

Click on the maps to learn more about them. Follow this link to see even more maps.





Make your own map. 1. Make sure you have an account on Google. If not, go to google.com and set one up. 2. Go to "Maps" 3. Click on "Create a Map." Make your map public so others can see it. You may get a chance to view the tutorial--it explains things well. 4. Click on "Edit" From here you must name your map and set up a description. 5. While in "Edit," click on a place marker and put it on the place where the member came from. Click on the place marker to change its color based on the key. It is crucial that everyone use the same color code. (See more information about that in the "About the Dates" section.) Key: before 1820: Dark Blue 1820-1865: Light Blue 1865-1921: Green 1922-1945: Red 1946-1965: Yellow 1965-1995 (student's year of birth): Pink 1995 (student's year of birth) - present: Purple 6. In the title, have students put their first names and initial of their last name. (Tell students not to use their full names, for privacy reasons.) In the description, ask students to write their family member's story. 7. Above the map, you will see a "Link" key. Click it and be sure to copy the link and save it somewhere. 8. From now on, if you go to your Google account and click on "Maps" and "My Maps" you will be able to find your map.

Immigration stories ** Utterly cool new development. We are going to plot our histories on Google maps. Play around with it a little so we save time in class. To do so, you need to create a Google account. Using **Safari**, create a Google account. Go to [|Google accounts page] and create your account. Then find our map at this link: [|Pascack Hills Immigration Map, Class of 2012 .] Make sure the map is in "Satellite" view. If you have trouble seeing it, zoom out a little. If you click on "Edit" you can add a place marker to the place where your family member came from. In the title, put your first name and initial of your last name. In the description tell about your story. If you click on the place marker icon, you can change its color. To determine the color, use this information: before 1820: Dark Blue 1820-1865: Light Blue 1865-1921: Green 1922-1945: Red 1946-1965: Yellow 1965-1993: Pink 1993-present: Purple This is a VERY cool tool that allows you to add pictures, videos, etc. Even better, anyone else can view our map. I'm hoping to get other schools to do similar maps over the next year, so we can compare.

This is the map the Class of 2011 made. Click on it for more information.



[|A link to our map]

See maps from [|Mr. Sarajian's class at Pascack Valley]

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