The Great Famine, steerage, and Irish emigration? PLEASE HELP ME!?

Posted April 18th, 2011 by immigratecanada and filed in Immigration to Canada

I am doing a project on Ireland emigration and steerage, and the great famine in 1845.

My questions are:

What was it like being a passanger while being in the steerage? (detailed)
What happend to the survivors of the steerage?
What could it have been like for a very very poor person’s life before the great famine in ireland? (detailed)

I am supposed to write 23-28 journal entries about what it was like on my ‘adventure’ but in the mid 1800’s on ireland. I am supposed to talk about my life before the famine (as a poor person) and what happend on the steerage, and then what happend when i got off of it and reached Canada?

THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME AND HELP!! IT’S MUCH APPRICIATED.