'Us' Vs 'Them': Immigration in the United States

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Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Ability Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Essential Question

Where/why/how have we seen groups, i.e.: Us vs Them, created historically and presently?
Who 'gets to be American'?
What are group identities and how do they describe me? Others?
What has happened throughout history to people like me?
How can I be proud of who I am and celebrate others?

Texts

Informational

Nativism and the Know-Nothings

In this essay, the author describes the Nativism movement, capturing the ways in which it dips and surges based on immigration cycles.

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Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Immigration

June 20, 2016

Literature

The House on Lemon Street

In 1916, one family battled against the unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry. In doing so, they lent their own voices to the growing chorus of Asian Americans insisting: "We belong here."

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Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration

July 13, 2018

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'Us' Vs 'Them': Immigration in the United States

Nativism and the Know-Nothings

The House on Lemon Street

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