Background: We are reading a book, Lupita Manana, where two children attempt
to cross the US border from Mexico in order to help out their family
financially. While in the US, the children face many obstacles. In class, we
will examine immigration and the reality of the Torres’s plight.
Look at your topic on your worksheet and find the appropriate link, below.
Click on the link below if your topic is about Illegal Immigration (Wikipedia)
and focuses on:
*Causes
*Dangers
*Methods
*By Region
Illegal Immigration (Wikipedia)
Click on the link below if your topic is about Immigration (Scholastic) and
focuses on:
*The Statue of Liberty
*Ellis Island
*Nativism
*Naturalism
*The Reform Act of 1986
Immigration (Scholastic)
Click on the link below if your topic is about US Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) and focuses on:
*Working in the US
*Family
*Citizenship
*Green Card (Permanent Status)
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Click on the link below if your topic is about Iraqi Immigration (Time).
Iraqi Immigration (Time)
This project is worth 30 points!
Each of you will be given a research topic, a website, and a partner.
Although most of the research will be done by yourself, you will meet with
your partner to combine notes and create a poster to present to the class.
You will be graded on your research notes (10 points), your poster (10
points), and your presentation (10 points).