Monday, February 26 ~ The history of immigration

IMMIGRATION UNIT

• 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.
• Today's lecture is taken from this source document. Click here for the power point.

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Journal 17: A Recent History based on theSKIMM's timeline

1. List a few factors that have influenced U.S. laws over the last 50 years. 
2. Name at least three problems that lawmakers tried to solve with past laws.
3. What kinds of complications have made the laws hard to define and keep?

Journal 18

1. 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?
2. Write a paragraph explaining why this issue is so historically complex, emotionally charged and seemingly impossible to solve.

HW: Finish J17 & J18 AND bring a first draft of your research question on Tuesday. Click here if you need help forming your research question.