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Crossing Two Worlds

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COMBINED RATING

4.6 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

4.5

STUDENTS (18)

4.6

LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Saves Progress

Description

Narrative-driven historical game inspired by real immigrant stories from the early 1900s. You play as Luca Bellini, a sixteen-year-old leaving Italy behind to search for safety, work, and hope in the United States. From dry farmland and crowded steamships to Ellis Island inspections, dangerous jobs, and tight-knit neighborhoods, every choice you make affects Luca’s future. Balance Hope, Baggage, and Community as you navigate hardship, kindness, discrimination, and opportunity. Discover how ordinary people, through small decisions and quiet courage, helped shape a nation.

Vocabulary Words

Italian

Immigrant

Port

Ship Agent

Jewish

Synagogues

New Colossus Sonnet

Ellis Island

The Island of Tears

Tenement

Pascal D'Angelo

Padrone

Mexican

Railroad

Chinese Exclusion Act

Discrimination

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Turn of the Century Immigration. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Analyze the economic, social, and political factors that led millions of immigrants to come to the United States.

Describe the experiences of immigrants at Ellis Island and Angel Island.

Compare immigrant experiences from different regions, including Europe, Asia, and Mexico.

Interpret the symbolism and significance of Emma Lazarus’s poem "The New Colossus" and its connection to U.S. immigration.

Evaluate the challenges immigrants faced in urban areas, including poverty, overcrowding, and discrimination.

Explain how immigrant communities contributed to the economic and cultural development of U.S. cities.

Analyze the rise of nativism and its effects on immigration policies and immigrant communities.

Discuss how immigrant workers contributed to industrial labor and how working conditions affected them.

Reflect on how personal narratives of immigrants reveal the hopes, struggles, and achievements of newcomers to the U.S.

Identify the major push and pull factors for immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe during this era.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

Why did immigration increase during the Industrial Age? What opposite land acquisition was occurring?

After the Game

Which groups were immigrating? What challenges did immigrants encounter?

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