4/8/14
In Class:
Journal-- What right do immigrants have to be in America? How should the government respond to illegal immigration?
Discussion and mini-lesson on the history of immigration policy in America, including Mexican Repatriation, the National Origins Formula, the Bracero program, and the DREAM Act. Screened Stephen Colbert's "Alabama Migrant Workers" excerpt, and then read "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans" by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Ultimately, immigration is not an issue of economics or ethnicity--it is a matter of privilege, power, and compassion.
Students began reading The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle.
Exit ticket: Describe Delaney Mossbacher.
Homework:
Read through p. 49 of TC for Thursday.
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