December 6, 2008

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

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

Fiction Non-fiction
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The Fortunate Pilgrim, Mario Puzo
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
(Forwarded by Anna Quindlen)
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Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
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The House on Mango Street, Sandra
Cisneros
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How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents,
Julia Alvarez
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The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
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American Born Chinese, Gene Luen
Yang
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Digging to America, Anne Tyler
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X-Men: The Origin of Generation X:
Tales of the Phalanx Covenant, Scott
Lobdell
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Who We Are, Samuel
Huntington
( http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=KAR1b ue8PUAC&dq=Who+We+Are&printsec=frontcover
&source=web&ots=HgDTX5gBgr&sig=MgyxFpem
X1XeBAV3INJCQy2uv1c&sa=X&oi=book_result&r esnum=2&ct=result#PPP1,M1 )
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Primary Source Readers -
The 20th Century:
Immigration (Primary Source
Readers: 20th Century), Debra
J. Housel

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

Comedy/Drama Documentaries
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A Great Wall
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American Family: La Llorona
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Misplaced
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Miss Rose White
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Nightsongs
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Roots
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America and Lewis Hine
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Ancestors in the Americas:
Chinese in the Frontier West: An
American Story
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CBS Reports: The Aliens
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Dreams of Distant Shores
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East of the LA. River
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Family Across the Sea
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P.O.V. Lost Boys of Sudan
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Road Scholar

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

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.

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. 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 =