Welcome To America

The Immigrant Experience

Play the game: Welcome To America: The Immigrant Experience

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Experience immigration firsthand as an Italian or Chinese immigrant just past the turn of the century. Will you successfully make it through immigration and into your new country?

In this adventure game you will

  • Learn about the challenges immigrants faced as they immigrated to the United States
  • Compare the experiences of Eastern European and Chinese immigrants
  • Compare Ellis Island and Angel Island experiences
  • Learn about the Chinese Exclusion Act

This is a your-choice adventure game, so make good choices as you travel to your new home… it might be more challenging than you think!

Play the game: Welcome To America: The Immigrant Experience

Standards addressed in this adventure: Florida State Standard SS.912.A.3.7

Compare the experience of European immigrants in the east to that of Asian immigrants in the west (the Chinese Exclusion Act, Gentlemen’s Agreement with Japan).