Immigration
What is an immigrant?
A person who leaves his or her country to settle and live in another country.
What is a custom?
The way of life for a group that has been passed from one generation to the next.
What is the main idea?
It is what the passage is mostly about.
What country has been the world's chief receiving nation for immigrants?
The United States of America
What is a custom?
A common practice followed by people in a group; a way of doing something that is repeated.
What are details?
They help to describe or explain the main idea.
The United States was founded by who?
immigrants
On this holiday, people dance around a Maypole in costume.
May Day
What was the main idea of the passage "Immigration"?
(teachers discretion)
How many waves of immigration have there been?
three
Where is it a custom to shake right hands with someone firmly and make eye contact when you meet them?
America
What was the main idea of the passage "Discovering Culture"?
(teachers discretion)
Why do immigrants come to America?
They come with the hope of building a better life.
This is a behavior or action handed down from a previous generation.
tradition