Assignment task: Review the following article and answer the following questions.
Article: Migration to the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala: Why Place Matters By David L. Carr
Part 1: Write a short synopsis of the article you read. What is the author's hypothesis? What kind of data are they analyzing- interviews, literature, film, their own observations of something, or another kind of data? Give a little bit of detail about their methods (Rather than just "Smith interviewed people," write "Smith interviewed several immigrant families crossing the border of Costa Rica and Panama.") What conclusions do the authors come to?
Part 2: Write a paragraph or two about your own opinions, answering the following questions:
- Do you agree with the author's arguments? Why or why not?
- What were the reasons people migrated in your article?
- How does this article relate to what we have already talked about in class (provide a specific example from class)?
- How does this relate to things you have learned in other classes, seen on social media or the news, etc.?
Part 3: If you had to lead a discussion on immigration and migration in Latin America, what are two questions you would ask? They can relate to your article, or they can relate to other aspects of the topic that interest you. Come up with questions that would spur a discussion, not just ones that can be answered with "yes" or "no" or other one-word answers.