Immigration: Past and Present Chapter 1.1 Introduction Discussions

Note-taking Quiz 1. As a citizen, what do you agree to do? 2. What does “E Pluribus Unum” mean? 3. Name 1 difference between immigrants today than from Name 1 way the American population is changing today. 5. List one American value highlighted in the reading. 6. Which social institution influences our lives first?

Discussing what you read Discuss reading methodology. Readers, pickers, or flippers Explain to the class how you did this assignment. How long will it take you to do the entire assignment?

“Nation of Immigrants” What do people mean when they use the phrase above? Is this a new phrase? How has immigration changed? What has remained consistent about immigration? Write each heading and explain the description.

American Immigration Year% of Native Population% of Foreign-born Population Immigration Origins in 1880 Immigration Origins in 2010

American Immigration How could you explain the increases and decreases in the number of immigrants over time? What factors may have caused the spike of European immigration in the late 1880s and early 1900s? What factors may have caused the rise of Asian & Latin American immigration over the last 40 years?

Discussion Questions Write each heading on your paper. Read the descriptions. Explain each description under the heading.

The Melting Pot “There she lies, the Great Melting Pot—listen! Can’t you hear the roaring and the bubbling? There gapes her mouth—the harbour where a thousand mammoth feeders come from the ends of the world to pour in their human freight. Celt and Latin, Slav and Teuton, Greek and Syrian…black and yellow, East and West, North and South, the palm and the pine, the pole and the equator, the crescent and the cross—how the great Alchemist fuses them with his purging flame! Here shall they all unite…what is the glory of Rome and Jerusalem… compared with the glory of America, where all races and nations come to labor and look forward!” Israel Zangwill, 1909

The Salad Bowl “But as the groups of immigrants were transformed by influences in American society, stripped of their original characteristics, they were recreated as something new, but still as identifiable groups. …The assimilating power of American society and culture operated on immigrant groups to make them… something they had not been, but still distinct and identifiable…their transformation did not make them all into the same thing.” Nathan Glazer & D.P. Moynihan, 1963

The Cultural Mosaic “…to homogenize 200 million human beings into a single block of stone, instead of recognizing that America is a magnificent mosaic, made up many cultures…I find the whole idea of the melting pot frankly very distasteful. I do not want to be melted down into a single block of stone.” Rep. Roman Pucinski, 1970

Discussion Questions Which quote do you feel best describes the American population? Why? Explain in a paragraph at the bottom of your notebook.

National Identity What values do we share as Americans? Freedom Equality Popular Sovereignty Majority rule with minority rights Economic Opportunity Individual Initiative Others? How has immigration impacted our national identity?

Cartoon Analysis Study the cartoons. Be prepared to discuss each of these: 1. What symbols in the cartoon represent immigrants? 2. Does the cartoonist present immigration as a problem or progress? Explain. 3. What is the message of the cartoon? 4. What value is being expressed?

Reading Assignment 1.2 Explain the two paths to US Citizenship. Are all aliens immigrants? Explain. Are all immigrants aliens? Explain. Differentiate between the types of aliens in the US today with an example of each. Explain at least 3 laws that have impacted US immigration policy. How has immigration impacted our national identity?