Ellis Island, A Gateway to America

Listening comprehension:

Ellis Island: the island of hope, the island of tears.

Angel Island, the “Ellis Island” of the West?

Here is Everyone Who Has Emigrated to the United States Since 1820

What does it mean to have two identities in the USA?

Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3 (2016) (studied in class)

Extra: Fresh Off the Boat – Coming from America… and arriving in Tapei

1 – What is diversity?

From the Inside Out: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Wendy Knight Agard | TEDxKanata

2 – Family conflicts

3 – Surviving at school

American Born Chinese

4 – Where do I belong?

Final Task

Make a recording on Flipgrid to share your origins and family traditions, your personality, your leisure activities, your experiences that made you so special and unique, etc. and what diversity is to you.

To get all set, you may need to prepare your speech, following these questions:

1) Tell us about your origins and/or your ethnic background? Are you multicultural or multiracial? Or do you come from another part of France?

2) Tell us about your favourite family tradition.

3) What makes you different from the others?

4) To you, what is diversity?