A FREE lesson your learners will always remember! A New DVD Film, Death March from Bataan to Manchuria: Raising a Survivor's Voice Back to: Discrepant Event: Immigration Go back to main Concept Attainment Lesson William C. Bruce Associate Dean and Professor College of Education and Psychology Phone: (903) 566-7048 e-mail: wbruce@uttyler.edu http://www.hometreemedia.org Fax: (903) 566-7036 Extra Immigration Links and Overviews Relating to the Immigration Topic Migrations in History The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies hosts a site about migrations of people, objects, culture, and ideas. According to the site, it features "the stories and artifacts of migration--what happens when people move, what they take with them, what they leave behind, and how they make their new place home." The different people highlighted are from each continent, pioneers, explorers, and nomadic people. Some specific peoples include the Romani and Rastafarians. http://smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/tiers/people/peoples.html Current Issues of Immigration, 2006 The Constitutional Rights Foundation has created free lessons on immigration issues. Six modules put current controversies about illegal immigration into historical and political context. The modules cover immigration from the 1600s to the present, illegal immigration, federal policy, current proposals on illegal immigration, and options affecting public policy. The modules contain readings, guided discussion questions, and interactive learning activities. The package can be downloaded in PDF. http://www.crf-usa.org/immigration/issues_of_immigration_2006.htm The Changing Face of America This feature presentation introduces teachers and students to the topic of Immigration. In this section, the introduction, you will find an overview of the feature, a guide to navigation, and credits. You, Whoever You Are You, whoever you are!... All you continentals of Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, indifferent of place! All you on the numberless islands of the archipelagoes of the sea! All you of centuries hence when you listen to me! All you each and everywhere whom I specify not, but include just the same! Health to you! good will to you all, from me and America sent! Each of us is inevitable, Each of us is limitless—each of us with his or her right upon the earth, Each of us allow'd the eternal purports of the earth, Each of us here as divinely as any is here. ___Walt Whitman http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/immigration_set2.html The African-American Migration Experience New societies, new peoples, and new communities usually originate in acts of migration. Someone or ones decide to move from one place to another. They choose a new destination and sever their ties with their traditional community or society as they set out in search of new opportunities, new challenges, new lives, and new life worlds. Most societies in human history have a migration narrative in their stories of origin. All communities in American society trace their origins in the United States to one or more migration experiences. America, after all, is "a nation of immigrants." http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm?bhcp=1 Passageways: True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers These accounts of explorers in Canada include the Vikings, the first Europeans proven to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean and to have lived in North America. Beginning with the land bridge the ancestors of Canada's First Nations and Inuit crossed to come to North America and through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, travel the routes with explorers such as Roald Amundsen, James Cook, and George Vancouver. Some were looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia, others were looking for trading goods, or even mapping a new land. Interesting highlights titled “Yuck” on various pages tell of problems with food on voyages of long ago. Glossary, maps, and lesson plans supplement the site. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/kids/index-e.html Authentic History Center: Teaching Diversity with Multimedia, The This special section of the Authentic History Center provides primary source ads, toys, and other cultural artifacts that demonstrate how racial prejudice and intolerance toward people who are different from the mainstream. The different stereotypes are Native, Latino, African, Arab, Jewish, and Asian. These images were common not too long ago. Read the essays by the sociology professor related to stereotypes and see what you think, do you see these artifacts as racist? http://www.authentichistory.com/diversity/ Cultural Survival Search by regions in Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica, the Middle East, Oceania, or other parts of the world to find articles and other documents related to indigenous people and how they are affected by modernization. Major issues addressed are conflict and migration, culture, health, self determination, and natural resources. http://209.200.101.189/ IDEA Debatabase From IDEA, the International Debate Education Association, this database of debate topics provides resources on themes of governance, health, culture, law, politics and sports. You can search the “debatabase” by specific topic, theme or keyword. Sample topics range among treatment of aboriginals, beauty contests, and child curfews. There are pro and con arguments on debating topics written by expert debaters, judges and coaches. You’ll also find background summaries, example motions and pointers to additional resources. Whether you are an expert debater or a novice just learning the process, you’ll be glad you us ed this site. http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/ Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience Over two million refugees fled from the former Indochina after 1975 when the US withdrew from Vietnam. More than half of these refugees settled in the United States. Sixty-six percent came from Vietnam, twenty-one percent are from Laos, including the Hmong, and thirteen percent of the refugees are from Cambodia. This site documents the resettlement experience of these Southeast Asian refugees by means of photos, letters, and other artifacts. Background summaries for the different cultures are provided for a period of history often neglected in textbooks. http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/seaexhibit/ Eugenics Archive The eugenics movement in the early 1900s was an effort to breed "better" humans by encouraging people with "good genes" to reproduce and discouraging those with "bad genes". At the time, social prejudices influenced scientific study related to eugenics but those theories have been disproved. Eugenicists believed races and ethnic groups should be kept separate, immigration should be restricted, and that people with "unfit" genes should be sterilized. Images including primary source documents can be searched by subject or keyword. There are Flash and text versions of the online exhibits. Some language and images may be offensive. http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/ Freedom House Freedom House is a nonpartisan organization that monitors freedom throughout the world, reporting on political, religious, press, conscience, and economic freedom. Other topics of reports are civil liberties and universal human rights. By selecting specific countries, find how they rate in political rights and civil liberties. A special report, Nations in Transit, discusses 28 former Communist countries. http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=1 Rwanda Commemoration Project: Genocide In Our Time April 7, 2004 marks a decade since the beginning of the Rwandan genocide, when nearly a million people were killed in ninety days while the international community largely stood by. The United Nations has now declared April 7th as the "International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda." The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law has developed the Rwanda Commemoration Project to encourage law schools, universities, NGOs, community groups and others to hold events to commemorate the anniversary of this modern-day genocide, and to use it as a lesson, reminder and warning about genocide in our time. To do this, the Center has developed a resource booklet, with programming ideas, substantive issues of discussion, and a resource list. This booklet can be used as the starting point for creating your own day of commemoration. We have also developed a lesson plan for use in high schools to teach about the lessons of genocide, using Rwanda as the primary example. Genocide can happen again; it has happened and will continue to happen unless we stay vigilant and learn and apply the lessons of our recent past. Search Immigration. http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/rwanda/ Visit the Immigration Museum What does Visit the American Museum of Immigration at the Statue of Liberty mean? What's the idea? The poster's creator Ivan Chermayeff explains his understanding (RealAudio 0:35). Think about what Visit the American Museum of Immigration at the Statue of Liberty means to you. If you were to write an inscription for the poster, what would be the central idea? Would your inscription reflect a current or historical issue? The original inscription on the statue by Emma Lazarus reads: Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door. Emma Lazarus, 1883 http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/process-noframe.html?/ collections/exhibits/posters/visit.html Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration “The strongest connection I have with China, my native land, is through my parents. I have seen the pain of leaving their beloved land upon which their memories are deeply rooted. I have seen their struggles to learn the English language and to survive in America. But I have also been witness to the joys of accomplishment, not only for myself, but for my family as well. We bring our culture with us and share it. Truly, it has been a bittersweet journey,” says teenager Lili Shek. http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/becoming_american/main.htm National Museum of American History Library A premier American history collection and part of the 20 Smithsonian Institution Libraries’ system, the National Museum of American History (NMAH) Library supports research in the following areas: * advances in technology, including machinery and transportation, * all areas of American history, including social, cultural, political, and economic events and development, * the impact of social, cultural, political and economic developments on everyday American life, and * scientific developments. http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/subject_guide_selected_nmah.cfm? main_heading=American%20Immigration%20History%20Resources http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/subject_guide_selected_nmah.cfm? main_heading=American%20Studies%20and%20History%20Resources http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/subject_guide_selected_nmah.cfm? main_heading=Basic%20Research%20Tools http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/subject_guide_selected_nmah.cfm? main_heading=Photography%20History%20Resources http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/subject_guide_selected_nmah.cfm? main_heading=United%20States%20Cartography%20and%20Maps The Library of Congress The Learning Page Professional Development Touch the Past: Learning about Immigration through Primary Sources NECC Workshop July 7, 2006 Anne Savage and Danna Bell-Russel Educational Outreach The Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/NECC2006/ Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. The mission of the Center for Immigration Studies is to expand the base of public knowledge and understanding of the need for an immigration policy that gives first concern to the broad national interest. The Center is animated by a pro-immigrant, low-immigration vision which seeks fewer immigrants but a warmer welcome for those admitted. http://www.cis.org/ Law Library of Congress Immigration The Immigration Act of 1875 was the first immigration law that excluded groups of people from the United States—and women were part of that exclusion. Commonly referred to as the Asian Exclusion Act, this legislation prohibited the importation of Chinese laborers who did not voluntarily consent to come to work in America and Chinese women for the purposes of prostitution: “Sec. 3. That the importation into the United States of women for the purposes of prostitution is hereby forbidden.”80 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/immigration.html Colonial Immigration Library of Congress Immigration... Irish: Colonial Immigration Feature presentation for teachers on the history of Irish immigration to the U.S., The Learning Page, The Library of Congress In colonial times, the Irish population in America was second in number only to the English. Many early Irish immigrants were of sturdy, Scotch-Irish stock. Pushed out of Ireland by religious conflicts, lack of political autonomy and dire economic conditions, these immigrants were pulled to America by the promise of land ownership and greater religious freedom. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html Immigration... Global Immigration Timeline A timeline showing events in the history of immigration to the U.S., The Learning Page, The Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/timeline.html HISTORY.COM RESOURCES ALMANAC: Immigrants Admitted, by Top 50 Metropolitan Areas of Intended Residence, 2002 It's a Fact! Based on Census 2000 data, about 1.2 million Americans claimed Arab ancestry, up by 38% from 1990. The largest Arab-American populations were in California, New York, and Michigan. Among big cities, New York had the greatest number of people claiming Arab ancestry, nearly 70,000, but they made up less than 1% of the city"s total population. Dearborn, MI (total pop. 97,775), had the highest proportion of Arabs, almost 30% of its population. Among Americans reporting Arab descent, the three largest groups were from Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria. http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=227105 HISTORY.COM RESOURCES ALMANAC: Immigrants Admitted, by State of Intended Residence, 2002 Source: Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (fiscal year 2002) http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=227104 NPR NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 800 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. President Bush wants to deploy National Guard troops to tighten border security, as Congress debates the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration law in two decades. The Senate's plan includes a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country. A House measure is far less forgiving. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5310549&sourceCode=gaw Welcome to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. On March 1, 2003, service and benefit functions of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) transitioned into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The President nominated Eduardo Aguirre to lead the USCIS; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 2003. The USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities. These functions include: * adjudication of immigrant visa petitions; * adjudication of naturalization petitions; * adjudication of asylum and refugee applications; * adjudications performed at the service centers, and * all other adjudications performed by the INS. http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm _____ If you think we can assist you, with a customer service, contact us by clicking on the Contact Us link, in our site menu; fill out the Contact form. You'll hear from us soon. Home Tree Media Would you like to know more about our main book authors, Dr. William C. Bruce and Jean K. Bruce? For instance: Dr. Bruce, and his wife Jean, first authored a discrepant event book entitled: Learning Social Studies Through Discrepant Event Inquiry. Go to the following URL addresses to learn more about William C. Bruce and Jean K. 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