Description of working and living experiences

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Letter Home

Topic: For this Assignment, you will put yourself in the shoes of a newly arrived female immigrant who arrived in the United States between 1890 and 1920. You will write a descriptive letter home to loved ones regarding your experiences living in a tenement or apartment building in an urban area on the east or west coast (such as or San Francisco) and working in a factory. You will determine the type of employment field in which you are working. For example: Are you working in a factory? Are working as a prostitute or domestic servant? Include specific details describing your employment experiences. For whichever type of employment you choose, describe your working conditions, pay scale, and hours. If you choose factory labor, also include the type of factory in which you are working. In terms of living conditions, describe the living conditions in the tenement or apartment building. Your letter must incorporate connections to the Unit 4 reading material to illustrate your experiences as a .

Content: In your letter home, identify the year of your letter (between 1890 and 1920), and your country of origin (i.e., Germany, Poland, China, Japan, etc.).

So, for example, if you as Mary from Scotland arrived in New York City on May 5, 1900, you will write a letter home to a loved one shortly after your arrival in the city. Similarly, if you – as Saori from Japan – arrived in San Francisco on October 20, 1906, you will write a letter home to a loved one shortly after your arrival in the city.

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Include your thoughts about arriving in the United States, and your initial thoughts about the city in which you arrive. Do you miss home? How does city life in the United States compare to life in your country of origin?

Address your experiences living in a tenement or apartment building in the city to which you have emigrated (such as New York City or San Francisco). Describe the living conditions. Consider addressing topics such as the following: Do you have a roommate? Is the tenement or apartment overcrowded? Is there running water in your tenement or apartment? Is the tenement or apartment noisy?

between 1890 and 1920. Have you encountered resentment?

Consider your work. Identify the type of employment; address the working conditions, supervisor treatment, work hours, pay, etc.

Your description of your working and living experiences, as well as whether you have , should follow Standard English writing conventions, and establish a your perspectives on your living and working conditions and initial experiences in the United States.