Most questions with no less than 150-300 words unless noted by question.
Use citations and references in book as well as other credible resources.
Describe your own immigrant path, over one or many generations, to becoming an American. Does it include Black (slaves or freemen) and/or Native Americans? How so?
Give an example of the history of the U.S. government's relationship with a Native American tribe.
Describe some of the vast diversity of U.S. Indian Nations: language, customs, religion, housing, historical interaction with the British, French, Spanish, or Americans, and so on. Whose side did they support in the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War? If you are from a country in the Americas other than the U.S., discuss indigenous people from your country.
How do current immigrants assimilate into American culture? Should more of an effort be made to assimilate? Why/why not?
What are some important concepts mentioned in this chapter? How are they important for the topics we are studying in this course?
Summarize the challenges surrounding illegal immigration.
Describe the United States' policies toward refugees. At least 300 words
Describe some of the vast diversity of African Americans (before and after slavery): language, customs, religion, housing, historical interaction with the British, French, Spanish, or Americans, and so on. Whose side did they support in the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War? If you are from a country in the Americas other than the U.S., discuss indigenous people from your country. 500 words
What challenge (pros and cons) does the presence of people in the United States speaking languages other than English present for them? For schools? For the workplace? For you?
What are the functions and dysfunctions of immigration?