Immigration- Day 1

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Model Senate Class Switcheroo Survey:  Take this!
   
2. Review:  What needs to happen for Senior Project Conferences?
   
3. EXHIBITION DATES!  We will be holding Model Senate on Wednesday November 30, Thursday December 1, and Friday December 2.    DO NOT BE ABSENT FOR THESE DAYS.  It is crucial that you are here--there is no way to make up this Exhibition!  Text your parents RIGHT NOW with these dates and times.
   1. Wednesday, November 30:  During the school day
   2. Thursday, December 1:  During the school day
   3. Friday, December 2:  Noble Hall 130 (Fort Lewis), 5pm-8pm.
4. Senior Project Conferences:  Please see the Senior Project page of my DP for the sheet that you and your teacher must fill out after you conference.  I gave you a hard copy in class, but if you lose it, it's available on my DP.  This is how you will receive your Humanities grade for this!
   

Starter: Where do you come from?

1. Where (what countries) does each side of your family come from? List as many countries as you can, and what side of the family they are from.
2. How long has each side of your family been in the U.S.?
3. To what extent do you feel that immigration is an American value?

 
Watch Obama’s 2014 Immigration Reform Speech where he announces Executive Action meant to override Congress’s inaction.

Discuss! Get with someone from your same political party and discuss the following questions

• What surprised you from his speech?
• Obama spoke about a bipartisan immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in 2013.  What did that bill include? Why didn’t the bill become a law?
• Do you, personally, think undocumented immigrants should have a pathway to citizenship? Do you think your Senator would support it?
• What are the actions Obama is taking to override the House of Representatives’ refusal to pass the Senate bill?  (He lists 3 specific actions)
• What don’t his actions include? In other words, what is the “commonsense middle ground approach”
• What VALUES or IDEALS does Obama speak to in this speech?

Read Time Magazine article: “Not Legal, Not Leaving” (7 pages)
http://marcushumanities12.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/9/0/37903231/time_magazine_not_leaving.pdf
Take notes on page 2 of your notebook as you read this article:

1. What is ICE?
2. What is the DREAM Act?
3. What are two things you learned about immigration (or living illegally) from the article?
4. What are two questions you still have about immigration or immigration reform?
5. What is your one takeaway from the article?

 
Position Research: Now it’s time to wrap your head around what your Senator and party believe about immigration and immigration reform.  Complete pages 3-5 of your issue notebook.
 
Homework: You should have pages 2-5 complete by tomorrow!