2021-22 FALL Note-taking

B1 LEVEL Reading Week 4

HANDOUT 4.3 NOTE-TAKING GUIDE WHILE READING:

THE AGE OF IMMIGRATION

Unit 2 Reading 1

Read the text and take notes on the following topics. Compare your notes with a partner’s.

Immigration from the Old World to the New World

Immigration to the USA Immigration to Canada Immigration to Argentina&Brazil

Factors that influenced immigrants’ decisions to leave their countries

How the companies profited from contract labor:

1.

2.

Countries and regions involved in the slave trade:

 2021-22 FALL Note-taking
B1 LEVEL Reading Week 4

THE AGE OF IMMIGRATION

Unit 2 Reading 1

Teacher Answer Key

NOTE FOR TEACHERS: This supplementary note-taking task was prepared to help students focus while reading and facilitate
their understanding of complex ideas given in the text. It can help to engage students more effectively with what they read. It also
encourages reading with purpose.
Read the text called “The Age of Immigration” and take notes on the following topics. Compare your notes with a partner’s.

Immigration from the Old World to the New World

Immigration to the USA Immigration to Canada Immigration to Argentina&Brazil

Northwestern Europe
Northwestern
(Britain, Ireland, Spain
Europe;
Scandinavia, Germany);
Southern and Eastern Italy
Southern and
Europe; Portugal
Eastern Europe;
Asia (China, Japan) Germany

Factors that influence immigrants’ decisions to leave their countries

How the companies profited from contract labor:

3. The immigrants had to work for low wages;

4. They had to pay back the cost of the journey plus interest.
Countries and regions involved in the slave trade:
Brazil (had the largest number of slaves), South America and the Carribean, the USA

Prepared by: Ekaterina Bal/ CDO 2018