Surviving the Journey
Our ship, which seemed so large and safewhen first I boarded,barely survived the fury of this storm- Rifka
Introduction: Making the decision to leave, finding a sponsor, and raising enough money were probably the easiest challenges facing the immigrants - surviving the journey was another story!
Task Four: You will read about one immigrant’s journey and then experience a virtual voyage of your own. You must survive the trip in order to move on to the the next task.
Click on the link below to read about one boy’s experience.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/seymour/index.htm
Then
visit the site below to play Stowaway. Once there, click on "Go"
to start the game.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode4/activity2/activity2.html
Here is an example of the crowded conditions aboard a ship
