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Question 1: Describe your experience (or your family's) in immigrating to the United States. You may describe your own experiences or you may interview a member of your family regarding their experience. Suggestions for ideas: What was the person's life in their country of origin? What was family life like? How did immigration from another country affect your life? Why did you come to the United States? What conditions did you find when you arrived here? Where did you settle? Did you have family, friends, or anyone to help you? Were there language problems? What sorts of adjustments did you make regarding culture? What did you find that surprised you?

For example: Perhaps your grandmother came to the U.S. from Mexico. What was her life like in Mexico and what "pushed" her to leave and what attracted her to the U.S.? How did she get here and where did she settle? Who did she live with initially and how did she progress from there? What adjustments did she make after arriving? Did she have problems with the language, driving, finding a place to live or a job?

Or perhaps you were raised in Korea and your family sent you to Southern California to attend school. Who were you living with and what struggles did you face? Did you have to deal with language problems? What cultural adjustments did you face?

Or your mother grew up in a small town in West Virginia and moved to California as a teenager. What was her life like in her hometown and how did that differ from what she encountered in Southern California? What did she do when she arrived here and what adjustments did she make?