Immigration

Family History Essay : For this essay, you will:

· interview a person, ideally a family member

· place their life within the larger historical context discussed in class.

· Your interviewee does not have to have recently migrated to the United States.

· How have the person’s experiences intersected with American (im)migration history?

· How have historical forces readings shaped this person’s life?

· The paper should be 8 pages with standard font and margins.

· You are also expected to cite at least two secondary sources, one listed below and one outside source.

· Conduct your interview and take careful notes

· Review your notes and choose which personal experiences and historical themes you wish to address. You may need to conduct a follow-up interview.

· You have selected the major theme(s) of the paper. Select two or more secondary sources to help you contextualize the individual’s life. One must come from the readings provided.

· Your argument should explain how and why your subject’s life experiences were shaped by various forces discussed in American migration history.

· As you are writing, be sure that you are advancing your argument through your discussion of the individual’s history and not merely summarizing their life story. Half of the paper must be dedicated to explaining how their experiences intersect with the readings and American (im)migration history. Cite your sources using MLA