A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS (+ slide shows)

CORRIGE TRADUCTION The World Enters America

THE LAND OF PLENTY – A COUNTRY OF OPPORTUNITIES – THE GOLDEN DOOR :

 

I’ve selected 2 slide shows  for you so you can learn a bit more about this topic :

1°) An excellent slide show containing videos about immigrants, Ellis Island and Angel Island (« the Ellis Island of the west » ( i.e. in California) where Asian immigrants were processed) :

2°) In this slide show you will see photos of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, most of them different from the ones I showed you in class :

 

 THE IMMIGRANT by CHARLIE CHAPLIN : to  view the film :

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The Great Irish Famine

 THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE  (1845 -1852)

 What did the Choctaws (Native Americans) have to do with the Irish famine? Have a look at the slide show to know the answer (very short explanation)  

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Angela’s Ashes by Frank Mc Court

 Angela’s Ashes is a book by Irish author Frank McCourt. It tells the story of his childhood in Brooklyn and Ireland. The book was published in 1996 and  won the Pulitzer Prize. 

 The film (1999), based on the book, was directed by Alan Parker (Midnight Express, Mississipi Burning) 

« When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all.  It was, of course, a miserable childhood : the happy childhood is hardly worth your while.  Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic Childhood. »

So begins the memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland.

Angela’s Ashes was followed by another autobiographical novel : ‘Tis

• ANGELA’s ASHES  
• FILM STUDY
• guidelines  for the study of Angela’s Ashes.  (les « critical essays » sont incomplets, mais peuvent donner des idées et apporter du voc.)