Tuesday, 31 January 2012

What motivated....


your relatives to immigrate to this country? Was it the promise of a better future or were they forced to come?




Today in Multicultural Studies
1. Blog Posting
2. Immigration narrative
3. Intro to immigration narratives

Monday, 30 January 2012

Immigrant story


Based on what you know, what is your family's immigrant story? How did you parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents come to the United States? When did it happen/ why did they have to leave. Why did they come and why did they choose the location/ city that they picked?


Today in Multicultural Studies
1. Blog posting
2. Read Immigrant story
3. Intro to immigration story audio slideshow project

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Paths to citizenship

Based on what you know, what are at least three ways that someone can become a U.S. citizen?

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

What does it mean to be an American?


This is the place where we will begin every class. You will read the posting and create a response. For today's class, answer the following question in two to three sentences:

What makes someone "American"? How does someone become "American" or can you only be born that way? Can someone who comes from another land become an American?