Immigration
Early Chinese Immigration and the Process of Exclusion
Co-Published with the Organization of American Historians
Students use statistics, legislation, and political cartoons to explore the historical context of popular sentiment and local and national policy that isolated and excluded early Chinese immigrants. Lessons present translated poems and letters of early Chinese immigrants who describe their experience on "Gold Mountain" in terms of hopes and dreams as well the challenges that they had to overcome in order to make a significant contribution to the industrial development of late nineteenth-century America. 75 p. Grades 8–12
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[NH164-LA6] $16.95 Reproducible
Mexican Immigration to the United States, 1900-1999
Statistical immigration data; personal accounts of immigrants; retalbos (paintings on tin) and corridos (traditional Mexican ballads) chronicling individual life experiences; and study of the changing U.S. policy towards Mexican immigration-all guide examination of the push-pull factors that prompted Mexican immigration and the ethics and effectiveness of the American responses of repatriation during the 1930s and the Bracero program of the World War II era.
83 p. Grades 8–12
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Asian Immigration to the United States
Co-Published with the Organization of American Historians
Students examine laws regulating Asian immigration, including the landmark 1965 act, global forces affecting immigration, and anecdotal accounts of motivations of immigrants. Chart and graph analysis and a simulation formulating a sound immigration policy for the 21st century, set the experience of Asian immigration in the wider context of the general immigrant experience. Issues presented are critical to an understanding of a common American heritage. 84 p. Grades 8–12
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[NH176-LA6] $16.95 Reproducible
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