Monday, December 21, 2020

Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for January 4th

 For homework, please: 

- read the five pages posted under the folder "immigration reading" on Ilias and answer the following questions: 

1. Describe the Scots-Irish immigrant experience in the first wave (or "colonial immigration").

2. How did the first wave change the demographics of the US?

3. What sparked the second wave of immigration?

4. How were German immigrants received by non-Germans during the second wave?

5. What primarily distinguished the first wave of immigration from the second wave, other than the years in which each occured?


Links of interest

Hofstede's compare countries feature Compare countries - Hofstede Insights (hofstede-insights.com)

Hofstede's categories National Culture (hofstede-insights.com)

German Letters project German Heritage in Letters (germanletters.org)

Ellis Island passenger search Passenger Search - The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

Texas German Project Texas German (tgdp.org)

Wikitongues Texas German WIKITONGUES: Vernell speaking Texas German - YouTube

Wikitongues Pennsylvania Dutch WIKITONGUES: Dale speaking Pennsylvania German and English - YouTube

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