Immigrants in Pittsburgh

Immigrants from all over the world live in Pittsburgh!

Click here to explore a map showing the where immigrants come from. (This link used to work but lately it hasn't been showing data.)

Also, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has made an amazing interactive website where you can see and hear the stories of different people from all around the world who have made Pittsburgh their home. Click here to check it out.

Hot Tamale Activities

Create a new blog post on your Spanish Blog Portfolio, title it "Immigrants in Pittsburgh" and complete one of the following tasks.

• Explore the neighborhood you live in on the Mapping Immigrant America map. Take a screen shot of your neighborhood and summarize where people are from in your neighborhood.
• Compare Pittsburgh immigrant data with another city on the Mapping Immigrant America map. Which city has more Mexican/Latin American immigrants? Which city has more immigrants in general? How do you think this effects the other city? Insert a screen shot of both of the maps (like the one above).
• On the Odysseys website, click to learn more about at least 3 people who are from Spanish speaking countries. Summarize their stories in your own words. Why did they come here? What do they do in Pittsburgh? What do they like about Pittsburgh?