Appleseeds articles from April 2006

Appleseeds archives from April 2006

Our most outstanding immigrant.(Statue of Liberty National Monument)
April 1, 2006... She came from France as a gift of friendship, arriving in hundreds of pieces packed into 214 crates. It took four months to reassemble her. When finished, she stood taller than any other structure in New York City: over 100 yards from pedestal...

"Who are we?(America history)
April 1, 2006... "Who are we? Where did we come from? How was America built? By studying the history of immigration, we can not only learn about the lives of our parents and grandparents, but we can also learn about how immigrants helped make America and how...

Where in the world did we come from.(Where in the World?)(Emigration and immigration)(Cover story)
April 1, 2006... Go way back in time, and all American families came from somewhere else. Some of the first Americans crossed an ancient land bridge that once linked Russia to Alaska. Others might have sailed across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans thousands of...

Linked together in a new land.
April 1, 2006... Imagine that you've just arrived in America. You're ready to build a new life. But where do you go now that you're here? The answer to that question depends on several things. Jobs brought many early immigrants to their new homes. Fishermen...

The first Americans: by land or by sea?
April 1, 2006... We know that Native Americans lived on our continent for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. But where did they come from? And how did they get here? About 20,000 years ago, a wide stretch of land connected what are now Siberia...

Knock knock, may I come in?(Cartoon)
April 1, 2006... Every year, millions of people come to the United States to visit, study, or work. Most return home, but some stay permanently. Whatever their reasons for coming, most people need to get permission from our government. This permission is called...

Goodbye, Auf Wiedersehen.(Annie O'Donnell and Miguel Martinezz)
April 1, 2006... Millions of people have immigrated to America in the past 150 years, leaving their families, friends, and homelands behind. Their parting traditions are as different as their home countries, but parties, gifts, and tears are a common theme. ...

Against their will.(Mpalo immigrant to slavery)
April 1, 2006... Imagine this scene: The year was 1638. Ten-year-old Mpalo was playing ball with his friends near his West African home. From one minute to the next, he was kidnapped and marched to the coast. There, white men loaded the boy into the dark...

My name is now ...(immigrants change their names)
April 1, 2006... Thousands of immigrants' names changed forever when they became Americans. Sometimes this happened by accident, but usually it was the immigrant's choice. Today, four out of every ten Americans have ancestors who came to this country through...

How Curious George came to America.(Hans and Margret Rey works)
April 1, 2006... What do you think about when you hear the name Curious George? Do you think about a good little monkey who is always very curious? Do you think about books with bright yellow covers and a man with a big yellow hat? Curious George, the...

America the preposterous.(immigrants)
April 1, 2006... Bored with the stuffy Motherland? Tired of eating coarse bread and boiled potatoes? Well, move! To America! Money grows over there like grass on green meadows. And the leaves on the trees are gold. Salmon hop into the kettle. Hens lay eggs...

Story painter: Cy Thao and the Hmong experience.
April 1, 2006... Cy Thao has a powerful story to tell. Like many immigrants coming to America, his experience was full of pain, suffering, hardship, and hope. Cy's story begins with a frightening memory. He was not quite 3 years old, in a boat at night,...

Operation Babylift: bringing Vietnam's Orphans to the United States.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... If you lived in Saigon, South Vietnam, in April 1975, the hot, humid weather would have been the least of your worries. There was a war, and the North Vietnamese had surrounded the city. America, South Vietnam's ally, had left the Vietnam war...

History mystery: story detective at work.
April 1, 2006... Do you like to ask questions? Do you like to dig into the past? If you do, then you can be your family's story detective. By talking with people and asking the right questions, you can uncover stories from the past--history--from someone who...