Immigration+2017

=A Nation of Immigrants- What is your Family Story?=

Actions this week by the Trump Administration in the name of national security- executive orders regarding building a wall on the Mexican Border, stepping up deportation of illegal immigrants, and temporarily halting admission of refugees and immigrants from specified countries have challenged our sense of ourselves as a nation of immigrants. //**What do you think the best approach would be to manage all those who seek to immigrate to the United States for reasons of economic opportunity, to seek political safety, and to simply have a better life for themselves and their families?**//

//**What is your family story? When, why, and how did your family come to the United States to become American? What experiences have you had traveling in and out of the United States compared with your experiences in the countries that you have traveled to?**//

In Social Studies we'll continue studying immigrant groups in American History. Hopefully this discussion will help connect past and present, and you and history.


 * //This discussion will run until Sunday, February 5th//**

Here are some links to get you thinking about Immigration and maybe even thinking ahead to bills you might write for Mock Congress.

NEW ARTICLE- USA Wrestling team banned from World Cup in Iran

Immigration Timeline From the Statue of Liberty / Ellis Island Foundation

Newsela Article: Surges and Slips over 200 Years- Immigration in America

Two Centuries of Immigration- Animated Map

Migrations Map (Interactive)

__**Scholastic Articles**__- Login Password for Students is Greenmen2016

The Long Fight Over Immigration

Two Sisters- Two Americas


 * Also check ABC-CLIO Issues Articles: "Immigration" under the Law and Politics Topic.**