PBL+Immigration


 * US History PBL: Immigration **
 * How Does Late 1800s Immigration Compare/Contrast to Current Immigration? **
 * 45 Points total **

Immigration is one of the most common shared aspects of all Americans. Somewhere in our past all of us have an immigration story. Not only that, but immigration is currently a divisive issue in the United States. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which gave amnesty to immigrants who were illegally in the U.S. In November 2014, President Barack Obama signed an executive order creating a "pathway to citizenship" for nearly 4,000,000 immigrants who were illegally in the United States.

So, it seems that the issues of immigration rarely change. Is this true? That is the point of this particular PBL. By the end of this unit, you will be able to answer the question:


 * Is current immigration more similar or more different from historic immigration (1870-1900)? **

Teacher Input: Outline of immigration in the late 1800s and the issues to compare to current immigration: YOU WILL WANT TO TAKE NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS SO THAT YOU CAN COMPARE HISTORIC IMMIGRATION (Teacher Input) TO CURRENT IMMIGRATION (Student Output).

__ Historic Immigration 1880-1930 (Teacher Input) __
 * 1) How / Why / Who Immigrants Came to the United States in the late 1800s.
 * 2) Difficulties They Faced in Coming to the United States
 * Discrimination
 * Laws
 * 1) Solutions to the Difficulties
 * 2) Solutions by immigrants
 * 3) Solutions by communities
 * 4) Laws

The PowerPoint we used to guide our study of historic immigration is here:.

__ Current Immigration (Student Output: To Be Collected): Comparing Late 1800s immigration to Current Immigration __
 * 1) Case Study #1. Watch "God Grew Tired of Us"
 * Who were the immigrants? How did they get to the United States?
 * What were the push and pull factors for these immigrants?
 * What difficulties did they face in coming to / adjusting to the United States?
 * What solutions were here to help these immigrants?
 * **THIS MUST BE TURNED IN (5 POINTS)**
 * 1) Case Study #2. Complete Reading: [[file:mrwilliamshistorypublic/rsj_devilshightway.doc|The Devil's Highway]] ( [[file:mrwilliamshistorypublic/rsj_devilshightway.pdf|PDF]] )
 * What were the push and pull factors for these immigrants?
 * What difficulties do you think they may have faced on their journey to the United States?
 * **THIS MUST BE TURNED IN (5 POINTS)**
 * 1) Make: Venn Diagram of similarities and differences between historic and current immigration throughout our unit so you can write the paragraph (#4 below). You may need to do some research for the "current" aspect: Who came (nationality), How did they get here? While you ave a better idea of push/pull, difficulties and solutions (due to the 2 case studies) you may still want to do more research. **THIS MUST BE TURNED IN (10 POINTS)**
 * 2) Write a paragraph (you may want to write multiple paragraphs) answering question the unit question: __Is current immigration more similar or more different from historic immigration 1870-1900)?__ You must address this from the standpoint of: who, why, how, difficulties, solutions. **THIS MUST BE TURNED IN (25 POINTS)**
 * 3) Debate: Is current immigration more similar or more different from historic immigration (1870-1900). We will start with a Today's Meet session and then proceed to a live debate.