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Hom
e-School Connection
Hom
e-School Connection
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Dear Family Member:
This
wee
k, w
e’re
rea
ding
Go West!
abo
ut h
ow
railr
oad
s ch
ange
d th
e So
uthw
est. T
he m
ain
idea
is t
hat
the
railr
oad
hel
ped
the
Sou
thw
est
grow
. The
rai
lroad
m
ade
it p
ossi
ble
for fa
rms
and
indu
stries
to
succ
eed.
Fo
r ex
ampl
e, t
rain
s he
lped
del
iver
cro
ps a
nd m
eat
to
the
East
. Tra
ins
also
bro
ught
set
tler
s to
the
Sou
thw
est
and
crea
ted
new
tow
ns. T
oday
, man
y bi
g ci
ties
are
al
ong
old
railw
ay li
nes.
As
I re
ad, I
am
fi nd
ing
out
that
th
e de
tails
in t
he a
rtic
le s
uppo
rt t
he m
ain
idea
.
This W
eek’s Sk
ills
Comprehension: m
ain
idea
s an
d de
tails
Vocabulary: c
onte
xt c
lues
—an
tony
ms
Spelling/Phonics:
word
s w
ith
the
lett
ers thr, spr, scr,
and str
Nam
e
Word Workout
WORDS TO
KNOW
esta
blis
hed
imm
igra
nts
cultur
e
trad
itio
nal
com
mun
itie
s
Blast From the Past
Write
a s
tory
to
tell
abou
t a
rela
tive
who
mov
ed to
Am
eric
a fr
om a
noth
er c
ount
ry.
Be s
ure
to u
se a
ll of
the
word
s ab
ove.
SPEL
LING W
ORDS
thro
w
thre
e th
rone
th
read
sp
ree
spra
y sp
read
sc
ream
s sc
reen
s sc
ratc
h
scra
ped
sc
rubs
st
rong
st
reet
st
reng
th
Test Your Memory
Stu
dy t
he w
ord
s fo
r a
min
ute
or
two.
I’ll
giv
e yo
u a
clus
ter of
lett
ers,
such
as thr.
Try
to
rem
ember
the
word
s w
ith
thos
e le
tter
s an
d sp
ell t
hem
al
oud.
Let
’s s
ee h
ow m
any
you
can
rem
ember
.
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Brrrrrrr!
Let’s read about the Arctic and talk about the
main idea. Then we can use the details to solve the
crossword puzzle.
The Arctic
is a
des
ert
even
tho
ugh
it is
col
d.
Des
erts
get
less
tha
n te
n in
ches
of
rain
a y
ear.
The
Arc
tic
gets
onl
y five
inch
es o
f sn
ow.
Polar bears h
unt
seal
s,
wal
ruse
s, a
nd e
ven
fish
. Th
eir w
ebbed
fee
t he
lp the
m to
swim
lo
ng d
ista
nce
s in
se
arch
of
food
. The
po
lar bea
r’s o
nly
enem
y is
th
e ki
ller w
hale
.
Puffins are b
irds
tha
t co
me
to the
Arc
tic
in the
spring
. Th
ey b
uild
nes
ts o
n th
e cl
iffs
. Th
e pu
ffin
s gu
ard
thei
r ne
sts
from
the
Arc
tic
foxe
s, w
ho
like
to s
teal
the
egg
s.
12
3
4 5 6
Dow
n
1. Th
e ki
ller
is
an
ene
my
of the
po
lar bea
r.
2. A
get
s le
ss
than
10 in
ches
of
rain
a y
ear.
3. T
he
is
a
cold
des
ert.
4.
a
re b
lack
and
w
hite
birds
.
Acr
oss
1. Th
e po
lar bea
r ha
s
fe
et.
4. T
he
b
ear is
at
the
top
of the
Arc
tic
food
cha
in.
5. T
he A
rctic
likes
to
stea
l puf
fi n
eggs
.
6. P
olar
bea
rs li
ke to
hunt
.
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Conexión con el hogar
Conexión con el hogar
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Queridos familiares:
Esta
sem
ana
esta
mos
leye
ndo Go West! q
ue t
rata
so
bre
cóm
o lo
s fe
rroca
rrile
s ca
mbi
eron
el S
uroes
te. L
a id
ea p
rinci
pal
es
que
el S
uroes
te c
reci
ó co
n la
ayu
da
del f
erro
carr
il. E
l fer
roca
rril
hizo
pos
ible
que
las
gran
jas
y ne
goci
os t
uvie
ran
éxito.
Por ej
empl
o, lo
s tr
enes
lle
vaban
los
cultiv
os y
pro
duct
os c
arni
cos
al E
ste.
Los
tr
enes
tam
bién
llev
aban
a lo
s co
lono
s al
Sur
oes
te y
se
crea
ron
nuev
os p
uebl
os. H
oy, m
uch
as c
iuda
des
gran
des
se e
ncu
entr
an s
obre
las
línea
s de
l fer
roca
rril.
Mie
ntra
s le
o, m
e do
y cu
enta
que
los
deta
lles
del a
rtíc
ulo
apoy
an
la id
ea p
rinci
pal
.
Destrezas de la sem
ana
Comprensión: i
dea
princi
pal
y d
etal
les
Vocabulario: c
lave
s de
con
text
o—
antó
nim
os
Ortografía/Fonética:
pal
abra
s co
n la
s le
tras
thr, spr,
scr
y str
Nom
bre
Ejercicio de palabras
PALA
BRAS DE VOCABU
LARIO
esta
blis
hed
imm
igra
nts
cultur
e
trad
itio
nal
com
mun
itie
s
Aires del pasado E
scribe
un c
uent
o ac
erca
de
un
fam
iliar
que
vin
o a
los
Esta
dos
Uni
dos
de o
tro
paí
s.
Ase
gúra
te d
e us
ar tod
as la
s pal
abra
s de
arr
iba.
PALA
BRAS DE ORTO
GRAFÍA
thro
w
thre
e th
rone
th
read
sp
ree
spra
y sp
read
sc
ream
s sc
reen
s sc
ratc
h
scra
ped
sc
rubs
st
rong
st
reet
st
reng
th
Necesito decir más letras thr, spr, scr, y str. E
stud
ia
las
pal
abra
s po
r un
min
uto
o do
s. T
e da
ré u
n gr
upo
de
letr
as, c
omo
por ej
empl
o thr.
Trat
a de
rec
ord
ar tod
as la
s pal
abra
s qu
e te
ngan
esa
s le
tras
y d
elet
réal
as e
n vo
z al
ta.
Vam
os a
ver
cuá
ntas
pal
abra
s pu
edes
rec
ord
ar.
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¡Qué frío!
Vam
os a
leer
sob
re e
l Árt
ico
y ha
blar
de
cuál
es
la id
ea
princi
pal
. Lue
go p
odre
mos
usa
r lo
s de
talle
s par
a re
solv
er e
l cr
uci
gram
a de
la p
ágin
a si
guie
nte.
The Arctic
is a
des
ert
even
tho
ugh
it is
col
d.
Des
erts
get
less
tha
n te
n in
ches
of
rain
a y
ear.
The
Arc
tic
gets
onl
y five
inch
es o
f sn
ow.
Polar bears
hun
t se
als,
w
alru
ses,
and
eve
n fish
. Th
eir w
ebbed
fee
t he
lp the
m to
swim
lo
ng d
ista
nce
s in
se
arch
of
food
. The
po
lar bea
r’s o
nly
enem
y is
th
e ki
ller w
hale
.
Puffins
are
bird
s th
at c
ome
to the
Arc
tic
in the
spring
. Th
ey b
uild
nes
ts o
n th
e cl
iffs
. Th
e pu
ffin
s gu
ard
thei
r ne
sts
from
the
Arc
tic
foxe
s, w
ho
like
to s
teal
the
egg
s.
12
3
4 5 6
Dow
n
1. Th
e ki
ller
is
an
ene
my
of the
po
lar bea
r.
2. A
get
s le
ss
than
10 in
ches
of
rain
a y
ear.
3. T
he
is
a
cold
des
ert.
4.
a
re b
lack
and
w
hite
birds
.
Acr
oss
1. Th
e po
lar bea
r ha
s
fe
et.
4. T
he
b
ear is
at
the
top
of the
Arc
tic
food
cha
in.
5. T
he A
rctic
likes
to
stea
l puf
fi n
eggs
.
6. P
olar
bea
rs li
ke to
hunt
.
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Detail
Detail
Detail
Main Idea
Summarize
Use the chart to record
details and a main idea about
communities in America. Then
use the information to write
a summary of this book.
Think and Compare
1.
Reread page 12. Which sentence states the
main idea? What are two details that support
the main idea? (M
ain
Id
ea and Deta
ils)
2. Which community would you like to visit?
Why? Which details in the book helped
you answer the question?
(Analy
ze)
3. How did immigrants help the United
States change and grow?
(Evalu
ate
)
Comprehension Check
16
Table of Contents
Introd
uctio
n . .
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. . .
2Cha
pter
1
Arr
ivin
g in
the
Eas
t. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . 4
Cha
pter
2
Arr
ivin
g in
the
Wes
t . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 8
Cha
pter
3C
omm
uniti
es T
oday
. . .
. . .
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. . .
. . .
. . .
. 12
Glo
ssar
y/In
dex
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
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. . .
. . 1
5Com
preh
ension
Che
ck. .
. . .
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16
by L
isa
Benj
amin
© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Communities Across America
Introduction
The
year
is
1900
. Th
e pl
ace
is N
ew
York
City
. C
row
ds o
f pe
ople
are
on
the
stre
ets
of o
ne b
usy
neig
hbor
hood
. So
me
talk
to
frie
nds.
Oth
ers
shop
for
foo
d. Y
oung
ch
ildre
n pl
ay b
all.
Mos
t of
the
peo
ple
in t
his
neig
hbor
hood
are
fro
m I
taly.
With
so
man
y Ita
lians
liv
ing
ther
e, i
t’s n
o w
onde
r it
is ca
lled
“Litt
le I
taly.
”
In th
e past
, m
any Italians
moved to
a neig
hborh
ood
in N
ew
York
City called Little Italy
.
2
cust
om
s (K
UH
S tu
hm
z) the special ways a
group of people does something (p
age 7)
imm
igra
tio
n (i
m
uh
G
RA
Y sh
uh
n) the
movement of people from one country to
a new one to live (p
age 4)
po
pu
lati
on
(p
op
yu
h L
AY
sh
un) the number
of people who live in an area (p
age 10
)
trad
itio
ns
(tru
h D
ISH
u
hnz)
the practices, or
ways a family or larger group does things,
that are passed down over many years
(page 5)
Index
Angel Island,
8
Boston,
6–7
China,
3,
8
Ellis Island,
4–5
Ireland,
3,
6–7
Japan,
10
Mexico,
3,
10
New Braunfels,
5,
13
New York City,
2
, 4
San Francisco,
8–9
, 11
Seattle,
10–1
1
Glossary
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Imm
igra
nts
chan
ge c
omm
uniti
es.
But
that
is
not
all
that
hap
pens
. N
ewco
mer
s al
so t
ake
on t
he t
radi
tions
of
the
plac
es w
here
the
y liv
e. T
heir
child
ren
go t
o sc
hool
in
thei
r ne
w c
omm
uniti
es.
They
joi
n th
e ce
lebr
atio
ns,
play
the
mus
ic,
and
eat
the
food
of
the
plac
e th
ey n
ow c
all
hom
e.
They
are
mor
e th
an j
ust
a gr
oup
of
peop
le w
ho l
ive
in t
he s
ame
plac
e!
14
At
the
turn
of
the
cent
ury,
man
y pe
ople
in
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es w
ere
imm
igra
nts.
They
ca
me
from
Rus
sia,
Chi
na,
and
Mex
ico.
Th
ey l
eft
thei
r ho
mes
in
Irel
and,
Sco
tland
, an
d G
erm
any.
They
wan
ted
to l
ive
in
Am
eric
a. A
fter
they
arr
ived
, th
ey s
ettle
d in
co
mm
uniti
es a
cros
s th
e co
untr
y.
A c
omm
unity
is
a gr
oup
of p
eopl
e w
ho
live
in t
he s
ame
plac
e. A
com
mun
ity c
an
be t
he s
ize
of a
tow
n. O
r it
can
be a
s sm
all
as a
few
str
eets
in
a la
rge
city
. Th
e pe
ople
of
a c
omm
unity
sha
re a
cul
ture
or
way
of
life.
Let
’s ta
ke a
loo
k at
how
im
mig
rant
s co
ntrib
uted
to
com
mun
ities
acr
oss
Am
eric
a.
A co
mm
unity is m
ade up of
all th
e people
w
ho live in
it.
3
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Chap
ter
1
Arriving in th
e East
Imm
igra
tion
to t
he U
nite
d St
ates
was
a
way
to
star
t a
new
life
. So
me
imm
igra
nts
wan
ted
to f
ind
jobs
. O
ther
s w
ante
d to
go
to
scho
ol.
Man
y w
ante
d th
e fr
eedo
m t
o fo
llow
th
eir
relig
ion.
Lea
ving
the
ir ho
mes
to
mov
e to
Am
eric
a w
as n
ot e
asy
for
imm
igra
nts.
But
it w
as w
orth
it.
Man
y im
mig
rant
s ar
rived
in
the
east
ern
part
of
the
cont
inen
t. Th
ey t
rave
led
acro
ss
the
Atla
ntic
Oce
an f
rom
Eur
ope
to N
ew
York
City
. St
artin
g in
189
2, E
llis
Isla
nd
was
the
ir fir
st s
top
whe
n th
ey a
rriv
ed.
Ellis
Isla
nd w
as a
n im
mig
ratio
n st
atio
n fo
r ne
wco
mer
s.
Imm
igra
nts
arr
ived at
Ellis Is
land in
N
ew
York
.
4
As
imm
igra
nts
join
new
com
mun
ities
, th
ey b
ring
cha
nge.
The
new
com
ers
cont
ribut
e th
eir
own
trad
ition
s to
the
ir n
ew h
omes
. Th
ey c
eleb
rate
the
ir s
peci
al h
olid
ays.
They
co
ok t
heir
trad
ition
al m
eals.
The
y sh
are
thei
r m
usic
, th
eir
art,
and
thei
r st
orie
s. So
on t
hese
tr
aditi
ons
beco
me
part
of
the
com
mun
ity.
Toda
y m
any
Mex
ican
s ha
ve m
oved
to
New
Bra
unfe
ls to
wor
k on
far
ms.
Now
, th
at c
ity n
ot o
nly
has
a G
erm
an h
erita
ge,
it ha
s a
Mex
ican
one
, to
o. D
ownt
own,
you
ca
n fin
d G
erm
an r
esta
uran
ts r
ight
nex
t to
M
exic
an o
nes.
Mem
bers
of
com
munitie
s sh
are
tr
aditio
ns
at
part
ies
and fe
stiv
als
.
13
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Chap
ter
3
Communities
Today
Imm
igra
nts
still
mov
e to
Am
eric
a. T
hey
com
e fr
om a
ll ov
er t
he w
orld
. A
nd t
hey
join
com
mun
ities
in
ever
y pa
rt o
f th
e U
nite
d St
ates
.
Peop
le f
rom
Leb
anon
hav
e se
ttle
d in
D
earb
orn,
Mic
higa
n. M
any
Vie
tnam
ese
peop
le n
ow l
ive
in t
he c
ity o
f H
oust
on.
Ther
e is
an I
rani
an c
omm
unity
in
Los
Ang
eles
. Im
mig
rant
s fr
om t
he D
omin
ican
Re
publ
ic h
ave
join
ed t
he c
omm
unity
of
Slee
py H
ollo
w, N
ew Y
ork.
12
Onc
e th
ey l
eft
Ellis
Isla
nd,
imm
igra
nts
mov
ed o
n. S
ome
join
ed o
ther
com
mun
ities
. So
me
built
new
com
mun
ities
. O
ther
s m
oved
to
pla
ces
whe
re p
eopl
e fr
om t
heir
cou
ntrie
s al
read
y liv
ed.
For
them
, th
ese
wer
e a
“hom
e aw
ay f
rom
hom
e.”
Man
y ar
rival
s fr
om I
taly
and
Eas
tern
Eu
rope
sta
yed
in N
ew Y
ork.
Sw
edish
im
mig
rant
s w
ent
to M
inne
sota
. G
erm
ans
wen
t to
Tex
as.
In f
act,
the
city
of
New
Br
aunf
els
was
est
ablis
hed,
or
star
ted,
by
Ger
man
im
mig
rant
s. Th
ey b
uilt
hom
es,
set
up f
arm
s, an
d op
ened
sho
ps.
Toda
y, th
e ci
ty
hold
s a
fest
ival
cal
led
Wur
stfe
st t
o ce
lebr
ate
the
cultu
re a
nd t
radi
tions
of
Ger
man
y.
The W
urs
tfest
fe
stiv
al
is held
every
year
in
New
Bra
unfe
ls.
5
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Dur
ing
the
1800
s, m
any
peop
le f
rom
Ir
elan
d m
oved
to
Bost
on.
In 1
847
alon
e,
mor
e th
an 1
3,00
0 Ir
ish i
mm
igra
nts
cam
e to
tha
t ci
ty.
Life
was
not
eas
y in
the
ir n
ew
hom
e. M
any
of t
hem
wer
e po
or.
In t
hose
da
ys i
t w
as h
ard
for
Irish
im
mig
rant
s to
fin
d jo
bs.
Man
y pe
ople
did
not
wan
t to
hire
th
em.
Still
, Ir
ish i
mm
igra
nts
kept
mov
ing
to A
mer
ica.
This photo
gra
ph sh
ow
s Fis
herm
an’s
Wharf
in
Bost
on in
th
e 18
00s.
6
Toda
y, m
any
Japa
nese
Am
eric
ans
live
in S
eatt
le.
You
can
see
how
im
mig
rant
s ha
ve h
elpe
d sh
ape
the
city
. Fo
r in
stan
ce,
Was
hing
ton
Park
in
Seat
tle h
as a
tra
ditio
nal
Japa
nese
gar
den
that
was
cre
ated
by
a fa
mou
s Ja
pane
se a
rtist
. Th
e ga
rden
is
one
of t
he m
any
reas
ons
why
the
peo
ple
of t
his
com
mun
ity a
re p
roud
to
call
it ho
me.
Yon
e Nog
uch
i
Yone Noguchi
was
one
of
the firs
t Ja
panese
im
mig
rants
to
publish
poetr
y in
English
. He
cam
e to
Am
erica in
18
93 and se
ttle
d in
San
Fra
nci
sco.
His firs
t English
poem
s w
ere
publish
ed in
18
96.
Yone w
rote
m
any
more
poem
s. Som
e w
ere
in
English
, w
hile oth
ers
w
ere
in
Ja
panese
.
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Oth
er i
mm
igra
nts
cam
e fr
om M
exic
o,
Aus
tral
ia,
and
Japa
n. T
hey
join
ed
com
mun
ities
alo
ng t
he w
este
rn c
oast
of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es.
New
com
ers
from
Jap
an o
ften
wor
ked
on
farm
s in
Cal
iforn
ia.
Soon
, m
any
Japa
nese
im
mig
rant
s st
arte
d th
eir
own
farm
s.
Oth
ers
sett
led
in S
eatt
le,
Was
hing
ton.
Th
e po
pulatio
n of
tha
t ci
ty g
rew
as
mor
e ne
wco
mer
s ar
rived
. By
193
0, m
ore
than
8,
000
Japa
nese
peo
ple
lived
in
Seat
tle.
In autu
mn,
the Ja
panese
G
ard
en in
W
ash
ingto
n Park
is re
d and gre
en.
10
Ove
r tim
e, t
hing
s be
gan
to c
hang
e. T
he
new
ly a
rriv
ed i
mm
igra
nts
beca
me
part
of
the
com
mun
ity.
It w
as e
asie
r fo
r th
em t
o ge
t w
ork.
An
Irish
per
son
was
eve
n el
ecte
d m
ayor
.
Toda
y, m
any
Irish
Am
eric
ans
live
in
Bost
on.
They
stil
l fo
llow
som
e of
the
old
cu
stom
s lik
e co
okin
g Ir
ish f
ood.
The
y ta
ke p
art
in a
big
cel
ebra
tion
for
the
Irish
ho
liday
, St
. Pa
tric
k’s
Day
.
Mary
Harris
Jones
New
com
ers
to
Am
erica hav
e
changed th
e co
mm
unitie
s th
ey liv
e in
. M
ary
Harr
is
Jones
was
an im
mig
rant
from
Irela
nd in
th
e 18
00s.
She sa
w so
me of
the
stru
ggle
s w
ork
ers
fa
ced.
Many w
ork
ed lo
ng hours
w
ith litt
le pay
. Som
e childre
n
had jo
bs, to
o.
They w
ork
ed
inst
ead of
goin
g to
sc
hool.
Mary
th
ought
that
should
change.
So,
she tr
avele
d
aro
und th
e co
untr
y to
fight
for
the rights
of
work
ers
. She ple
aded fo
r sh
ort
er
hours
and
bett
er
pay
. Her
nic
knam
e w
as
“Moth
er”
Jo
nes.
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Chap
ter
2
Arriving in th
e West
Imm
igra
tion
was
hap
peni
ng o
n th
e ot
her
side
of t
he c
ontin
ent
too.
Im
mig
rant
s ar
rived
in
the
wes
t. M
any
jour
neye
d fr
om A
sia t
o Sa
n Fr
anci
sco.
At
first
, m
ost
of t
he n
ew i
mm
igra
nts
wer
e fr
om C
hina
. By
185
1, t
hous
ands
of
Chi
nese
im
mig
rant
s liv
ed a
nd w
orke
d in
Am
eric
a. I
n 19
10,
the
city
ope
ned
an i
mm
igra
tion
stat
ion
at A
ngel
Isla
nd.
Man
y m
ore
Chi
nese
ent
ered
A
mer
ica
thro
ugh
Ang
el I
sland
.
Angel
Isla
nd w
as
oft
en th
e firs
t st
op fo
r im
mig
rants
in
San Fra
ncisco
.
8
Chi
nese
im
mig
rant
s he
lped
bui
ld r
ailro
ads.
They
also
dug
for
gol
d. T
hese
job
s w
ere
diffi
cult
and
dang
erou
s. Bu
t it
was
har
d to
fin
d ot
her
kind
s of
wor
k. O
ver
the
year
s co
nditi
ons
chan
ged
and
imm
igra
nts
from
C
hina
bec
ame
part
of
the
larg
er c
omm
unity
in
the
wes
t.
Imm
igra
nts
to t
he w
est
sett
led
in c
ities
lik
e Lo
s A
ngel
es a
nd P
ortla
nd.
In S
an
Fran
cisc
o, C
hine
se n
ewco
mer
s es
tabl
ished
a
new
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d ca
lled
Chi
nato
wn.
Pe
ople
who
liv
ed t
here
cou
ld s
hop
in s
tore
s op
erat
ed b
y ot
her
Chi
nese
im
mig
rant
s. Th
ey
coul
d ea
t in
Chi
nese
res
taur
ants
. To
day,
Chi
nato
wn
is st
ill a
thr
ivin
g co
mm
unity
.
Visitors
to
Chin
ato
wn in
San Fra
ncisco
can buy
goods
and eat
at
rest
aura
nts
.
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