Home of the Brave

Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. What does this really mean?

Can you imagine life without these rights that you assume are for everyone in today's world? If you had to sacrifice something important to have these things, would you think that it was worth the price? What if you had to give up your home? Could you do it? What if you had to give up your citizenship? Would it matter to you? What if you had to give up your family? Think about it....what if you had to give up YOU? What price are you willing to pay to live in a free country to pursue the type of life that you think is important......it is up to you.

Your family members are immigrants trying to gain entrance into the United States. Your family will be divided into 6 groups. Each group must provide one of the following criteria before you may have a chance to try to enter to the "Land of the Free." All criteria must be met before the inspection officer will even consider giving your family a chance to enter America.

The trip --- A poster displaying information of how your family got to the United States.

The people --- A typed paper of what kind of people want to enter the United States.

The inspection --- A poster on what you expect the inspection process to be like.

The hopes --- A typed paper on what you will do with your life and what you expect life to be like in the United States.

The song --- A song that represents what your life has been like getting to the United States.

The statue --- A statue of an immigrant with at least 5 symbols representing:

Your previous life.
Your journey to the United States.
Your inspection process at Ellis Island.
Or your hopes of what your new life will be like.

Trip -- You may create your poster with your own drawings or print-outs of information gathered from the Ellis Island website.

People -- Type a paper on what type of people are trying to gain entrance to the U.S. Your information should come from the Ellis Island website.

Inspection -- Present a poster designed with information from the Ellis Island website on what the inspection process is expected to be like.

Song -- Create a song on what life has been like getting to the United States or life on Ellis Island.

Statue -- Make a statue (out of materials of your choice) that represents the life of an immigrant. The statue must include 5 symbols that could represent: your previous life, your journey to the U.S., your inspection process, and your hopes of what life will be like. You may gather information from the Statue of Liberty site.

	Did Not Make a Journey	Stuck At Ellis Island	Welcome to AMERICA
Use of Time	1-10 pts. You did not work continually, and/or you did not do your best.	10 pts. You spent most of the time doing your best work.	15 pts. You spent all of the time doing your best work.
Title Page-appearance and interest	0-10 pts. Not much effort.	10-20 pts.	15 pts.
Background info	1-10 pts.	10-20 pts.	15 pts.
Five facts	1-10 pts.	10-20 pts.	15 pts.
Opinion regarding subject	0-10 pts. Not well stated with supporting facts.	10-20 pts. Well supported, good supporting facts.	20 pts. You convinced me!
Graphics	0-10 pts. None, or not well chosen	10-20 pts. Good choices and adds to your presentation.	20 pts. Excellent choices and use of graphics.

Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. A big price to pay for having the freedom to live life in "The Land of the Brave." Would you have been brave enough to have made the choice to come here? Would your life have been worth the price of freedom? What will you do with your life? Do you have any of the hopes for your life that the immigrants of long ago had for theirs? The choice is yours.....your life is yours to live......making the right choice is important. You may only have one opportunity to do the right thing. Are you up to the challenge?