Introduction

After exploring this Web-Quest, you will be responsible for creating a chart using the information from the websites. You may also present this new information to your classmates.

1. Who is Karen Hesse and how do her experiences lead her to writing a novel about immigration?

2. How was Russia involved in World War I, and why would so many Russians flee to America?

3. Where did immigrants go when they arrived in the United States and how were they treated? 

4. Examine the stories of immigrants and prepare a summary of one immigrant's plight.