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Activity 2.3: Reflection

Working in pairs, or small groups and then concluding in journals, students will answer the question: "Up until today, what have you learned about immigration in the United States?"

hints:

  • Immigration happens in "waves".
  • The time period of each wave clincides with significan events, either in another part of the world, or in this country.
  • Large numbers in each wave consist of immigrants from a specific rregion of the world.
  • The decision to leave the homeland, the passage, the entry to this country, and the adjustment to life here is difficult for nearly all immigrants.
  • Immigrants are not always well received, and anti-immigrant sentiment rises and falls with accompanying legislation to control immigration of certain groups.