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Immigration: Then & Now

Immigration: Then & Now. December 6, 2008. by: Sabree Muhammad, Martina Musich , Enriqueta Reyes, & Zarah Katrina Viñola. Essential Questions. What does it mean to be American? What’s the American Dream? Is assimilation necessary?/To what extent is assimilation necessary?

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Immigration: Then & Now

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  1. Immigration: Then & Now December 6, 2008 by: Sabree Muhammad, Martina Musich, Enriqueta Reyes, & Zarah Katrina Viñola

  2. Essential Questions • What does it mean to be American? • What’s the American Dream? • Is assimilation necessary?/To what extent is assimilation necessary? • To what extent should the United States open its door to those who are “tired and poor”? • How should the United States government deal with immigration?

  3. Articles • Police: Immigrant Killed By Teens Because of Race • Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants, By KEN BELSON and JILL P. CAPUZZO, RIVERSIDE, N.J., Sept. 25 — A little more • WHY I NO LONGER GO TO THE PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE, ROBERT "DUBE" COLóN

  4. Books

  5. Videos/Film Clips • “Much Apu About Nothing,” The Simpsons, Season 7 • “The Sewing Machine”, American Family, Episode 1 • Road Scholar • The Joy Luck Club • El Norte • http://lang.dailybulletin.com/socal/beyondborders/part_1/about.asp

  6. Suggestions from the Museum of Television & Radio

  7. Activities • Screenplay & Roleplay • Thought Bubble on Pictures/Political Cartoons • Journal entries • Essay writing • Tic-tac-toe game • Classroom Museum • Genealogy research • Museum visits (Tenement Museum, Ellis Island)

  8. Observe the picture below. Choose a character from the photo and write a journal entry from the perspective (view) of this person. Describe what you’re doing there, what you see, what you hear, and even smell around you. What are your expectations in this new world.

  9. “Much Apu About Nothing” • . Why was Homer (the same man who led the march to the mayor’s office) no longer so enthusiastic about the Bear Patrol? • 2. a) What does the mayor do to calm the mob that storms his office? • 3. a) What is the connection between bears and illegal immigrants? • 4. Define: a) Referendum = • b) Scapegoating =

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