In times of shrinking expectations,...everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.
~ Oscar Handlin
Goal: To gather data from a variety of sources to support or refute commonly held assumptions on immigrants and immigration policies
Objectives:
- Students will suggest reasons for bias and stereotypes about immigrants
- Students will reflect on discrepancies between facts and beliefs
- Students will discuss the importance of and ways to achieve a voting public that is well informed and thinks critically about complex issues
Materials:
Time Frame: Four to five class periods
Age Level: Middle school to adult
Vocabulary: Naturalization, Nativism
Relevant Subject Areas and Connection to Minnesota State High School Standards:
- Inquiry and Research: History through Culture
- Social Studies: Themes of United States History, Diverse Perspectives, Community Interaction, Institutions and Traditions in Society