Use the letters you read from Italian immigrant Oreste Sola to answer the questions below.
1. What do the letters suggest about Oreste Sola’s reason for immigrating to Argentina?

2. How do Oreste Sola’s experiences in Argentina reflect a degree of continuity in his life and future prospects?

3. How do Oreste Sola’s experiences in Argentina reflect a degree of change in his life and future prospects?

4. What larger economic and historical contexts surround Oreste Sola’s experiences in Argentina?

5. How do the experiences that Oreste Sola describes in his letters fit into the larger global changes that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Part 2: Responding to a Short Writing Prompt

Read the letters from Italian immigrant Oreste Sola in the Worlds of History student reader on pages 836– 43. Then, write a one-paragraph response to the following prompt. The paragraph must include a claim/thesis, contextualization, and at least five pieces of reasoning and evidence in support of the claim/thesis.
Prompt:
• Evaluate the extent to which the letters from Oreste Sola reflect both continuity and change.

2- The experience of Oreste Sola in Argentina represents a degree of stability in his life and future prospects as he socialized with many individuals of the same history as himself.

3- The experiences of Sola in Argentina represent a degree of transition in his life and prospects for the future because he had to adapt to a different setting and travel frequently to find a job and meet new people.

4- The building of railroads that attracted European immigrants was an economic and historical background that surrounded Oreste's experiences in Argentina. An Argentine politician, Alberdi, thought that European immigrants would enhance the race of the nation and solve the problems of the world, thought that the Caucasian race was superior. Through the experience of Oreste, the dominance of white immigrants was demonstrated; he did not bother learning the language of Argentina.

5- The experiences he mentions in his letter correlate to industrialization's global change. The Industrial Revolution occurred in the western world during this period. Italians have been migrating to Latin America and the United States.

prompt- The experience of Oreste Sola in Argentia represents both continuities as well as transition. His experience represents stability in cities such as Buenos Aires and he would socialize with individuals with similar backgrounds. He made friends with other Italians who shared the same experiences as soon as Oreste entered Argentina. The experiences of Oreste in Argentina represent a shift where he had to adapt to various environments.

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