Immigration Literature Circles

Immigration Unit Literature Circle Guidelines

The quotes that you choose to analyze and write about must pertain to one of the following questions:

1. Why have the characters in your book come to America?

2. What was the journey like coming to America?

3. What was the life/role of the characters in their home country?

4. What challenges do the characters face upon their arrival?

5. What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life?

6. How do the characters maintain their cultural ties to their homeland while living in America? 7. How do Americans treat the characters? (Specifically those born/raised in US)Posting

Format: Complete steps 1-4 for TWO DIFFERENT QUOTES

1. Quote, who said it, page number

2. Significance. 3-5 complete sentences explaining how it relates to one of the above questions. Must be specific! (No she, he, they, it, them, etc.)

3. Personal Connection. 2-3 complete sentences reflecting on your connections to the quote, story, etc. OR Character Judgement. 2-3 complete sentences describing the character, their actions and your feelings toward them. (Should be connected to your quote. Can’t use the same character twice)

4. Question: Pose one question per quote relating in some way to your quote for your group to answer.

Response Format: Visit one LC member for each response

Read their first quote and respond to their analysis and answer their question.

How this should look:

Quote #1: Response/Comment: 2-3 complete sentences minimum

Question #1: Answer: 2 complete sentences minimum

Quote #2: Response/Comment: 2-3 complete sentences minimum

Question #2: Answer: 2 complete sentences minimum

Make sure your name is on the response so you receive credit.

Those that do not post on time will not receive credit. Late work is not accepted because your group can’t respond unless you do your part!

Link for Webquest on Segregation

http://www.lankmarkcases.org/

Lemon Grove Cases

Websites for Lemon Grove case
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040518/news_1n18grove.html
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/86spring/lemongrove.htm

How a bill becomes a law

http://clerkkids.house.gov/laws/index.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/lawmaking/index.html

Jeopardy link

http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/jeopardy/jeopardy.htm

Dialogue Websites

The African, who was also a Slave Trader and who captured other Africans as slaves and took them to the African coast:
http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/slavery2/collection.html
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080601a.htm
"African Slave Traders"
Those who ran the forts:
http://africanhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fvi.uh.edu%2Fpages%2Fmintz%2F7.htm
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/1.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p272.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p260.html
The Captain of the Ship:
http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/slavery2/collection.html
http://africanhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fvi.uh.edu%2Fpages%2Fmintz%2F7.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1i3002.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p275.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h280.html
The Slave Trader in America:
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/15.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Slave_Trade/slave_auction.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h304.html

Binder Check #3

Your 3rd binder check is due this Friday, October 24, 2008.
Please read the table of contents below and include all items in your binder behind the appropriate tab. If you were absent for any of the items listed below, it was your responsibility to get the work you missed and completed when you returned back to school. Your assignments need to be in the right order and behind the correct tab. Any other work you have from prior binder checks can be put behind the assignments I'm checking.
Binder check #3 (50 points total)
Table of Contents
History/Geography: (39 points)
_______ Notes on 3 branches of government (2), Notes on Constitutional Convention reading (5), Notes on Constitutional Convention powerpoint (3).
_______Constitutional Convention Vocabulary (2)
_______Map: 13 states (5)
_______ Map: 2 sides Electoral College, Red,Blue and Swing states (colored) (8)
_______Section 1 Review completed (5)
_______Vocabulary on Courthouse (2)
_______Crossword puzzle & word search (5)
_____ _Quiz: How well do you know your rights (2)

Current Events: (6 points)
______Notes on presidential debates (2)
______NJ v TLO (2)
______In re Gault (2)

Reading/Lit Circles:
______Vocabulary for LOTF (Chapters 8-12) (5 points)