• Choose one or more topic sentences related to immigration to Minnesota. Read the articles related to the topic.
• Write a paragraph or essay made of multiple paragraphs with selected details you have learned from the articles.  Be sure to put the details in your own words. 
• Print a copy to turn in or submit the paragraph to your teacher as an email.

TOPIC SENTENCE #1:  Culture is shared between immigrants and Minnesotans.

Articles to read for supporting details.  Take notes , putting the ideas into your own words. 

1. Soccer Culture:  Sport and community inseparable for ethnic teams   
2. The New Girl Scouts
3. Tibetans in Minnesota:  Preserving their Culture
4. School Lunches Go International
5. Celebrating Ramadan in Minnesota
6. Thousands gather for annual Hmong tourney
7. Asian culture alive at the U

TOPIC SENTENCE #2:  Immigrants contribute substantially to Minnesota's economy.

Articles to read for supporting details.  Take notes , putting the ideas into your own words.

1. Tax time is for everyone, including illegal immigrants
2. Immigrants increasingly important in real estate market
3. US food imports rise
4. Minnesota's Hispanic market grows along with population
5. Reaching out to immigrant farmers
6. Hispanic Owned Businesses Grow
7. Who’s on the roof: Immigrant labor shapes a summer industry
8. Report suggests immigrants boost economy

TOPIC SENTENCE #3:  Immigrants to Minnesota face challenges.

Articles to read for supporting details.  Take notes , putting the ideas into your own words.

1. Immigrant youth walk middle ground
2. Bosnians find home
3. Photo exhibit captures immigrant stories
4. Somalis in Minnesota
5. The Cultural Broker
6. The last place on earth
7. Learning two languages, one at a time
8. African immigrants to Minnesota struggle to gain ground

Articles to read for supporting details.  Take notes , putting the ideas into your own words.

1. You said what?
2. A summer at language camp
3. Pelican Rapids High School is improving its grades
4. The Melting Pot in the Nation's Ice Box
5. Reaching out to immigrant farmers
6. The Cultural Broker
7. Pelican Rapids confronts housing shortage
8. Fargo/Moorhead a destination point for new immigrants