EPI 3 Irish American Dream by Thierry Raguier https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u The American Dream: myth or reality ? en-us 2016-06-27 18:35:26 UTC 2026-01-23 21:39:56 UTC hello@padlet.com I/ Europe in the 19th century. traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566221 2016-06-28 06:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566221 II/ Crossing the Atlantic and Ellis Island. traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566256 2016-06-28 06:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566256 III/ American realities. traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566344 2016-06-28 06:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566344 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566426 2016-06-28 06:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566426 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566658 2016-06-28 06:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115566658 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115599616 2016-06-28 15:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115599616 A famous immigrant: Annie Moore traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115599673 2016-06-28 15:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115599673 One famous example: the Titanic. traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115599937 2016-06-28 15:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115599937 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115600029 2016-06-28 15:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115600029 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115600191
  • She was not the first from her family: her parents were already in New York.
  • Young Annie Moore arrived from Cork, Ireland and she was the first person to set foot on Ellis Island on January, 1st, 1892.
  • There is her statue with her two brothers in Cork.
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    but first, people had to cross the Atlantic. Conditions on ships were not comfortable: a lot of people, the sea not very calm, bad food and hygiene, diseases, etc. The ships had a name: "coffin ships".
    ]]>     2016-06-28 15:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115600908     The Titanic. traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115601506 The Titanic sank in April, 1912, during her first voyage from Europe (Southampton) to the USA.]]> 2016-06-28 15:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115601506 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115601699 2016-06-28 15:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115601699 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602125 2016-06-28 15:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602125 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602234 2016-06-28 15:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602234 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602614 2016-06-28 15:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602614 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602652 Rich European or American families had very comfortable cabins]]> 2016-06-28 15:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602652 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602697 Modest and poor families had one cabin for a lot of people ...]]> 2016-06-28 15:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602697 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602873 2016-06-28 15:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115602873 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115603068 2016-06-28 16:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115603068 The Irish potato famine. traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115604399 2016-06-28 16:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115604399 The numbers: traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115604504
  • 2224 people on board (710 saved). 
  • All people -rich and poor-  went under water with the boat
    • ]]>     2016-06-28 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115604504     traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115604827 2016-06-28 16:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115604827 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605012 2016-06-28 16:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605012 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605066 If the Titanic had had more life boats (photo), the total number of survivors would have been more important.]]> 2016-06-28 16:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605066 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605341 2016-06-28 16:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605341 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605451 2016-06-28 16:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605451 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605665 2016-06-28 16:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115605665 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115606936 2016-06-28 17:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115606936 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115607135 2016-06-28 17:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115607135 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115607170 In the 19th century, Europe used to be no good place to live. There used to be wars, poverty, diseases, revolutions or famine. Many Europeans dreamt of a better life in America. In the new country, there were many possibilities and the territory was immense.]]> 2016-06-28 17:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115607170 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115607358 2016-06-28 17:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115607358 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613310 2016-06-28 18:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613310 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613406 2016-06-28 19:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613406 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613526 2016-06-28 19:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613526 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613802 2016-06-28 19:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613802 Between 1845 and 1848, it rained a lot on Ireland. Potatoes didn't grow, but rotted. They could not be eaten. Irish people had nothing to eat and they starved. About 1/3 died, 1/3 lived and 1/3 moved to the USA. Today, Boston, USA is the biggest Irish community outside Ireland.  traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613888 2016-06-28 19:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115613888 traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115614495 2016-06-28 19:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115614495 Ellis Island (link to a padlet) traguier53 https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115614608 2016-06-28 19:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/traguier53/mazy8a60z72u/wish/115614608