This week...
Today - We work on the webquest to orient ourselves more with the general information and the government process of how it works. Think about what your research question will be in order to grasp something in the last 20 years of immigration.
Tuesday - Finish the WebQuest; research question due.
Wednesday - Immigration Vocab Quiz; Research question cleared; research begins (HW: 2 articles)
Block Day - Review of AWC; intro to Across a Hundred Mountains; research continues (HW: 3 articles)
*AWC due next week.
EQ: What will my research question will be?
Journal 6: WebQuest, Day 1
A WebQuest is an inquiry-based activity in which students use provided links to explore a topic.
Source: iCivics.
Our WebQuest is arranged into topics. For each topic below, record your answers in your journal.
Topic 1 Coming to America
T1 Question: Use the links below to explore the immigrant stories. Choose one to report on. What connections, purposes or other factors made this person decide to move to the U.S.?Five Recent Immigrants
Immigrant Stories
Topic 2 Push-Pull Factors
When people migrate, they don't just leave one place and magically arrive somewhere else. Usually somethings pushes them away from their native country and pulls them toward a new place. This idea is called the push-pull factor.Push factors are the circumstances that make a person want to leave. Don't have a job? Treated badly by your government? Lose all of your crops in a drought? These kinds of problems can cause people to look for a better life somewhere else.
Pull factors are the advantages a country has that make a person want to come and live there. America has huge pull factors for many people around the world who live with unstable governments, few job opportunities and no reliable security.
T2 Questions: Read through this link to discover more about why people have come to America. Record three push factors and three pull factors.
Topic 3 Will You Be Staying Long?
Not everyone who comes to America wants to live here forever. Some just want to see the Grand Canyon, watch a baseball game, and go home! But others hope to make the U.S. their home. Here are some common words and phrases related to immigration:
Immigrant: Someone who is native to one location and living somewhere else.
Legal Permanent Resident: In the U.S., an immigrant who has been granted legal right to live and work permanently in the U.S.
Green Card: The ID card issued to legal permanent residents in the U.S.
Undocumented Immigrant: A person who is not a citizen of the country where he or she is living and is in that country without permission.
Sometimes they are referred to as "Illegals" or "Aliens."
Nonimmigrant: A foreign visitor who does not intend to stay.
T3 Questions
Click here to explores the rules and regulations of a visitor visa.
A) What are three activities you can do if you have a visitor visa (business or tourism)?
B) What are three activities you cannot do with a visitor visa?
Topic 4 Are Green Cards Really Green?
A green card gives someone the legal right to live and work permanently in the U.S. It also lets them travel to other countries for a certain period of time and apply for their spouse and children to get green cards.People who have green cards are not citizens, but they can apply for citizenship after they've had their green card for a certain number of years.
Follow this link to see the rights and responsibilities of people who have green cards.
T4 Questions:
A) Does the U.S. law protect a green card holder who is the victim of violent crimes?
B) What do you think would happen if a green card holder committed a violent crime?
Topic 5 United States Citizenship
Citizen: A person who enjoys full rights and responsibilities under a nations laws.U.S. citizenship is something that a lot of people want but how do you get it?
Click here to learn more of the details.
T5 Questions:
A) Is a person born in California automatically a citizen?
B) What about a person born in France whose parents are both American citizens?
