Write a letter from a German or Irish-born resident of Franklin or
Augusta County to family in the "Old Country" describing your life and
the opportunities and difficulties presented by your new home. Make
specific reference to facts you have learned in this class.
Write an essay on pre-Civil War immigration to America from Ireland
and Germany that compares your textbook's description to what you have
learned from your class's research on Augusta and Franklin Counties.
To what extent is your textbook account supported by the material in
the Valley archive?
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