Migrants, then and now
Leaving…
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| 2021 |
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Raffaello Gambogi – The Immigrants (1894), 146 x 196 cm, oil on canvas. Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy
Where are they?
Is it a modern situation?
Who are they? Can you say something about the different relationship?
What are they doing?
What’s the financial situation of this family?
What nationality is this family?
Where are they going?
Why did people want to leave Italy?
They are in a port/harbour.
The dad is hugging and kissing his daughter.
The woman is crying.
He’s leaving on his own.
They’re European, Italian.
They’re going to America, Australia, Canada, Brasil. (There are big Italian communities)
Arriving…
Ship arriving at Ellis Island from Europe in the early 20th century
Albanian refugees from the Vlora in Bari port (1991)
The Italian-American dream: little Italy
Little Italy in New York around 1900
Why did Italian immigrants choose to settle in neighborhoods like Little Italy?
to maintain language, traditions, cultural identity,
to seek mutual support and job opportunities
Did Americans like Italian immigrants?
During the peak of Italian immigration to the United States, there were stereotypes associated with them.
An anti-Italian cartoon published in The Mascot, September 7, 1889 (New Orleans)
A nuisance to pedestrians = una seccatura per i pedoni
Their sleeping apartments= le loro camere
Afternoon’s pleasant diversions= rilassante passatempo pomeridiano
the way to dispose of them= il modo di liberarsi di loro
the way to arrest them=il modo di arrestarli
What kind of migration do you know?
What’s the difference between internal and international migration?
What’s the difference between voluntary and forced migration?
For what reasons do people move?
Why did people leave Italy in the past? And now?
Where are people coming to Italy from? Why do they leave their countries?
Did any members of your family leave the country? Where did they go?
Were your parents or grandparents born in a different area of Italy? Where and why did they leave?
Do you know any famous person of Italian origin that lives around the world today?
Nationalities
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/general-topic/traditions-and-national-customs/dna-journey/92058
https://film-english.com/product/the-dna-journey/
Migrations
What happens to the ice?
Where is the cub sleeping?
What is the first animal the cub see?
How do the cub and the brown bear react when they see each other?
What does a brown bear do when the mother and cub try to pick berries?
What adjectives would you use to describe the mother and her cub?
How did the video make you feel?
Did you like the video? Why/Why not?