This document discusses why people move to new communities and the process of adapting to a new place. It covers reasons for moving like new opportunities, religious freedom, and helping children. When immigrants arrive in a new country, they learn new customs and laws while also maintaining aspects of their own culture through ethnic neighborhoods and communities. The document uses examples like Nicole's family moving from Haiti to the US to illustrate these concepts in 3 sentences or less.

1. Chapter 3 People Move from Place to
Place
Who has moved from a
different city to a new
city?

2. Lesson 1 Moving to a New Community
 Review: Who can tell me what a community
is?
 Why do people form Communities?
 Who can point to Fort Wayne, Indiana on the
map?
 Who can point to Boston,Massachusetts on
the map?

3. Why do People Move?
 Many people move for a new opportunity
 What is an opportunity? Give an example
 People move to the United States to practice
religion, make choices freely and help their
children

4. Community Laws
 What laws do we have in Jackson, MI that
protect us?
 Why do we have laws?
 Give an example to your seat buddy: What
would happen if we DIDN’T have a particular
law

5. Lesson 3 Learning New Customs
 Who has traveled in an airplane before?
Where did you go? Has anyone been out of
the country?
 Were things different in the places that you
visited compared to MI?

6. Immigrants and Customs
 What is an immigrant?
 Where did Nicole’s family move from?
 Who can point to Boston, MA on the map?
 Who can point to Haiti on our map?

7. Customs
 What customs do we follow in the United
States?
 How are Nicole’s customs different in Haiti?

8. Ethnic Neighborhoods
 An ethnic neighborhood is a group of
people who have the same culture
 People speak their home languages, stores
sell certain foods, and they can follow the
customs of their own culture

9. Lesson 3: They Came Long ago
 Ancestors- people who lived a long time ago
 What is the first thing Immigrants saw when
they came over by ship?
 What was the statue a symbol of?

10. Why did Immigrants come to the U.S.
 Immigrants came to find jobs and food
 What 2 cities did Immigrants arrive to? One
is on the East coast, one is on the West
Coast

11. Mary Antin
 Who was Mary Antin?
 What book did she write?
 Famous writer!

12. Emmanuel Lootz
 Who was Emmanuel?
 Why did he come here?
 Famous painter! (what was his famous
painting called?!)