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Description
With this workbook, teachers can turn the classroom into a lively forum for discussing the high-impact issue of immigration policy in the United States.
Few issues have affected American history as deeply as immigration. In the past two centuries, the United States has absorbed nearly 70 million immigrants from over 170 countries, and today, nearly two-thirds of all immigrants worldwide come to the United States. But in the post–9/11 world, with anxieties over terrorism, the economy, and national identity, immigration is a more controversial topic than ever.
Triumph and Tragedy: Immigration offers teachers a way to give their coverage of immigration policy in the United States a compelling immediacy.
Central to the workbook are its two defining moments studies: the first on the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), which codified racial prejudice toward Chinese immigrants and reversed the United States's “open door” policy of unlimited immigration; the second on the Bracero Program, a series of agreements between the United States and Mexico that established a temporary worker program for Mexican farm labors in the southwestern United States. As students work through the case studies, drawing on the wealth of background material provided, they will learn to think critically about the evolving relationship between the immigrant population and the government that regulates it.
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| Series Features |
Each resource book contains:- Introductory essays designed to ground readers in the overall topic and to introduce two “defining moments” related to the topic that changed the course of history
- A wealth of primary source materials including laws, poems, quotations, cartoons, speeches, journal entries, editorials, and photographs
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- A chronology marking the waves and cycles of immigration in the United States, from the "open door" era of the 19th century to the "storm door" era of the present
- A rich collection of primary sources including first-person accounts from Chinese immigrants and Mexican braceros, historical photographs, and more
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Highlights |
- Shows students how the nation's attitude toward immigrants is influenced by, and reflective of, political and economic conditions in the country
- Provides the tools teachers need to make the study of immigration policy an occasion for active learning and critical analysis
- Offers engaging activities, supported with primary and secondary sources, to build knowledge, strengthen understanding, and encourage further exploration
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