Immigration literature project - The New Colossus

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Immigration to the USA

Immigration literature project

Havo 4

What do you remember from last week?

• Quick history of immigration
• The American Dream
• Melting Pot 
• Ellis Island
• Poem "The New Colossus" 

Immigrant poetry 

• "The American Dream"
• Poem The New Colossus 
• My tongue is divided into two
• Immigrant Picnic
• América

Which famous American landmark is the subject of this poem?

1. Mount Rushmore
2. Statue of Liberty
3. Empire State Building
4. Golden Gate Bridge

About the writer

- Written by American Jewish poet Emma Lazarus

- Immigration activist

- Written in 1883 to help raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal

- Mounted to the pedestal in 1903

Colossus of Rhodes

Statue of Liberty

Male

Female

New York City

Ancient Greece

Military victory

Gift from France

Protector of visitors

Warning to visitors

Sonnet

- 14 lines

- Two parts: octave and sestet

- Shift between the first and second part

What is the first part of the poem about?

What is the second part of the poem about?

What is the shift between the two parts? What changes in the poem?

My tongue is divided into two 

by Quique Avilés

Immigrant Picnic

by Gregory Djanikian

América

by Richard Blanco

Write down 1 thing you have learned from this lesson.

Write down 1 question you might still have after this lesson.