Click the volume button in the upper left corner of the. Compare and contrast the trip to angel island li keng wong. Published by the angel island association, kai s journey to gold mountain is based loosely on the life albert kai chong, who traveled here from china on the s. Export to pdf export to word copy page tree delete page tree dashboard mrs. For tonights homework, students should reread kai s journey to gold mountain which is a story about a boys immigration experience to california. Using at least 3 specific examples from the text, write a paragraph describing kai s difficulties on angel island and how he continued to remain hopeful that he would be reunited with his father. Word of a mountain of gold across the ocean arrived in hong kong in 1849.
Kai s journey to gold mountain by katrina saltonstall currier reading skill. Just as many immigrants who came through ellis island feared being sent back before ever stepping. When kai arrives in san francisco he is detained on angel island in crowded barracks with harsh interrogations and the threat of being returned to china, but he endures the endless waiting and is finally reunited with his father in san francisco. Click the book kais journey to gold mountain again. The meaning of gold mountain changed for kai because he realized that being reunited with his father was more valuable than gold or wealth. On his 12th birthday, kai learns that he must leave h. Chinese searching for the gold mountain immigration. In 1934, 12yearold kai travels alone by steamship from china to gold mountain united states to live with his father. Asian immigration to central north america predates the existence of the united states. We have discussed it in detail, but please set aside some time to reread it and talk about it at home. To identify types of question answer relationships.
Hoover in 1934 to join his father, who had been in america for four years and wanted kai to benefit from the opportunities he saw. Use the arrows to turn through the pages of the story. To compare and contrast characters, events, and places. In this dramatic memoir of earlytwentieth century immigration, author li keng wong shares her familys journey from rural china to a new life in california. Kais journey to gold mountain woodland hills school district. To use strategies to monitor reading comprehension. When jack didnt get his way, he stomped out of the room in a. An angel island story angel island association, 2005 the syonan years singapore under japanese rule, 19421945, geok boi lee, national archives singapore, 2005, history, 345 pages dont let this books small size fool you.
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