I think my initial surprise was looking at the two different sets of data that was presented to me in the beginning of this project. It was fascinating to see the profession of the population built on immigration and there was such a dip in immigration, yet the population of the country was gradually increasing. But, I think the reasons why the population progressed and immigration had it's moments of nadir, it can be explained. Woman had large amounts of children, families increased, and the amount of the current residence balanced out with those who immigrated.

I think the population will always gradually rise. Even if Mitt Romney goes into office this next term. I think the turmoil in other countries will attract even more people who want to bask in US freedom. But, I think the US will be one of the most well off countries in the next two decades.

With that Prezi template, we wanted to show there was strife getting to the end of the journey. And that's the "X" marks the spot. Going any where, there's always an adventure no matter how small, and immigrating is a big task.

The things my group has trouble with would be putting the amount of information that we had acquired tactfully in our presentation.

Overall, for next time, I'd consider having a more organized way my group put our information together. 

• What surprised you most about this information?
  What surprised me most about this information was that what we thought pushed immigrants away weren't just poverty and there economic situations. It could be because they miss there family or they dont feel safe it can be something so simple as they just dont feel like being were they are anymore. 
  
  
•  What seemed quite obvious about explaining this data set?
  Some things that were obvious were about explaining this data set was  most of there pushes were the same. Another thing that was relatively obvious about this data set was the places most immigrants were coming from and why they were staying here. 
  
   
• Looking at the overall trend and incorporating what you know about the US presently, predict and defend the immigration trend for the next two decades.
  Over the next two decades I can see that more and more people will be coming to the U.S and the reasons they will be leaving there country will not change much but it will become worst over time. I feel like the pulls will decrease over the next two decades for the U.S. because just as there poverty increases and there economic system is disintegrating ours are also. 
  
   
• Describe how you made a decision on how to visually represent the information.
  We did our presentation on dipity because we wanted to visualize what was going on in our decade while reading about it. This will create a mental image for you and  will also help you with picturing what was going on in this time and how things looked. 
• What parts of group work were challenging?
  I feel like the only thing that was difficult about this project was finding something new about each different place and take something from it and make it a push or a pull. 
  
  
• What would you do differently if you had this project to do over?
  I Would read more about each decade just to be able to learn more in dept about what was happening other then immigration because this could have an affect on the pushes and pulls in the U.S as well as every where else. 
  
  
  Links-
  
  http://www.dipity.com/kikisary/Immigration-Visualization-Project/
  

  http://voices.yahoo.com/push-pull-factors-led-mexican-immigration-1949278.html?cat=17

  
  

  http://www.number09.com/oak_grove/SS_ECON_push-pull.htm

  
  

  http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0131.html

  
  

  http://crfimmigrationed.org/index.php/lessons-for-teachers/72-history-lesson-2

  
  

  http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/5._The_Immigration_Boom_1895-1914

  
  

  http://lajhsslab.com/peopling/push_pull_factors.htm

With your blogpost, include your reflection related to:

• What surprised you most about this information?

I was surprised that the historical events that happened cause immigrants to either come here or go away.

•  What seemed quite obvious about explaining this data 
• set?

That there were going to be a lot of pull's because people explain America as a place of Freedom and Diversity, saying it would allow more jobs and stuff.

• Looking at the overall trend and incorporating what you know about the US presently, predict and defend the immigration trend for the next two decades.

I think that because of the economic tax cuts that would bring them close but at the same time prices rise so the I believe that it would stay at a steady rate until a new president is picked.

• Describe how you made a decision on how to visually represent the information.

We chose to use the timeline feature and a keynote feature.

• What parts of group work were challenging?

There were not that many challenging parts except uploading our information online.

• What would you do differently if you had this project to do over?

I would just get more research on my push and pull's

• What surprised you most about this information?
  What surprised me most about this information was that what we thought pushed immigrants away weren't just poverty and there economic situations. It could be because they miss there family or they dont feel safe it can be something so simple as they just dont feel like being were they are anymore. 
  
  
•  What seemed quite obvious about explaining this data set?
  Some things that were obvious were about explaining this data set was  most of there pushes were the same. Another thing that was relatively obvious about this data set was the places most immigrants were coming from and why they were staying here. 
  
   
• Looking at the overall trend and incorporating what you know about the US presently, predict and defend the immigration trend for the next two decades.
  Over the next two decades I can see that more and more people will be coming to the U.S and the reasons they will be leaving there country will not change much but it will become worst over time. I feel like the pulls will decrease over the next two decades for the U.S. because just as there poverty increases and there economic system is disintegrating ours are also. 
  
   
• Describe how you made a decision on how to visually represent the information.
  We did our presentation on dipity because we wanted to visualize what was going on in our decade while reading about it. This will create a mental image for you and  will also help you with picturing what was going on in this time and how things looked. 
• What parts of group work were challenging?
  I feel like the only thing that was difficult about this project was finding something new about each different place and take something from it and make it a push or a pull. 
  
  
• What would you do differently if you had this project to do over?
  I Would read more about each decade just to be able to learn more in dept about what was happening other then immigration because this could have an affect on the pushes and pulls in the U.S as well as every where else. 
  
  
  Links-
  
  http://www.dipity.com/kikisary/Immigration-Visualization-Project/
  

  http://voices.yahoo.com/push-pull-factors-led-mexican-immigration-1949278.html?cat=17

  
  

  http://www.number09.com/oak_grove/SS_ECON_push-pull.htm

  
  

  http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0131.html

  
  

  http://crfimmigrationed.org/index.php/lessons-for-teachers/72-history-lesson-2

  
  

  http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/5._The_Immigration_Boom_1895-1914

  
  

  http://lajhsslab.com/peopling/push_pull_factors.htm

The thing that really surprised me while I was finding information for this project was the fact that a lot of immigrants that came were protestants and the catholics were very upset about them coming to the United States. The Catholics thought that the immigrants were going to over power the Pope for some reason because the immigrants came in large numbers. To me the obvious thing was the fact that the immigrants were coming to the United States in large numbers. It was obvious that sense millions of immigrants were coming to the United States that the population would increase. The government didn't really think that when they established the rights for immigrants to migrate to the United States. Therefore they shouldn't complain. Knowing that they've established new laws due to the over population of the United States, for the future I believe that the government will do what ever they can to put an end to immigration. I decided to present this information by including a lot of factual information on immigration and also providing a lot of visual pictures to better illustrate whats going on in those time periods sense this is a time line. The most challenging things that happened while working in a group was making sure that everyone stayed on topic and that everyone was on task. We had to also make sure that everyone submitted something at a certain time. It was challenging to sometimes do the work because some of the group members already had something to do for other classes. Time management was very difficult. If I were to do this project next time I would include more useful information and I would have better graphic so that people would understand my timeline much better. 

• What surprised you most about this information?
  The thing that surprised me the most was the fact that not all immigrants come to the United States because of the economic situation in the immigrant's countries. There are other factors such as health care, wars, etc. 
  
  
•  What seemed quite obvious about explaining this data set?
  That the immigration rates have gone up and down throughout history.
  
  
• Looking at the overall trend and incorporating what you know about the US presently, predict and defend the immigration trend for the next two decades.
  I think if till rise even more. Even though I really wish this didn't happen, it's gonna happen. The economic situation in the immigrant's countries is getting worse and worse, and this will force them to move. 
  
  
• Describe how you made a decision on how to visually represent the information.
  We thought dipity.com was a really nice website to represent our information. It looks really nice and it was really easy to work with. 
  
  
• What parts of group work were challenging?
  Doing the research. It was kind of hard to find factors for every decade. 
  
  
• What would you do differently if you had this project to do over?
  I would pick another website and do more research. 
  
  
  

·       What surprised you most about this information?

Out of our whole project, what surprised me the most was how much of an impact the wars had on the different countries that were feuding. During WWI and WWII we saw the population increase for the United States and decrease for the other countries. Also, when the government put in their acts and laws to remove illegal immigrants, the population stayed very high. To me, I thought that there were two possible things that did and did not happen: The government did not take all of the illegal immigrants out so it did not have a big affect on our population or our country does not have as much illegal immigrants as we think. From the start of the 1940's to 2000, we see the immigrant population increase because the call for workers rose dramatically.

·        What seemed quite obvious about explaining this data set?

During the times there were wars that the U.S was apart of, we see that there is an increase due to the need of workers. We also see that in 1871-1921, there is an unsteady change in the immigration population. This is because there are a lot of push and pull factors in different parts of the world such as protests wars, jobs, and economic or crop growth/value.

·       Looking at the overall trend and incorporating what you know about the US presently, predict and defend the immigration trend for the next two decades.

In the next two decades, the immigration population will continue to grow in a steady rate from where is it right now due to the need for cheap labor, workers with out rights, and educational factors. Also, the United States offers a lot of things for their citizens and tries to protect them.

·       Describe how you made a decision on how to visually represent the information.

I anted to present my project in a presentation format because I knew that my group and I eventually had to present it. I chose to place the information in a list form and explain each push and pull factor as the presentation went it. In the beginning of our presentation, there is a push and pull factor chart that our presentation is based on. In all, I think that my group showed our information cleanly and I feel that we can explain everything clearly.

·       What parts of group work were challenging?

The part of the group work that was most challenging was adding the final touches to our project. For example, as in pictures, citations, and all of the other touched that comes with finalizing our project. Another thing that was challenging was getting all of the work together and typing it up.

·       What would you do differently if you had this project to do over?

I would change up the format and add more pictures to the presentation. Also, I would want to add more presentation. Overall, this was a fun project.