- Dox – opinion, praise
- Fall, fals – deceive
- Graph, gram – write, written
IMMIGRATION UNIT
Journal 7: A Recent History based on theSKIMM's timeline
Journal 8
- Discuss what you learned in the webquest.
- EQ: What is the current situation? Why is it so controversial and frustrating?
Notes: A LONG History based on a lecture
- History Lecture: Immigration History 1900-1999
- New Vocab:
- Push Factors = Reasons to leave a country
- Pull Factors = Reasons to enter a country.
- Click here for lecture notes. You should draw images or add small notes to help you remember information for a quiz later next week. Today's lecture is taken from this source document. Click here for the power point.
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- List a few factors that have influenced U.S. laws over the last 50 years.
- Name at least three problems that lawmakers tried to solve with past laws.
- What kinds of complications have made the laws hard to define and keep?
Journal 8
- Based on what you've heard in class today, brainstorm with a partner. What are the major Push/Pull factors in today's immigration surge? How have these factors changed over the last 100 years?
- Write a paragraph explaining why this issue is so historically complex, emotionally charged and seemingly impossible to solve.
HW: Finish J7 & J8 AND bring a first draft of your research question on Monday.
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