American Literature Project: Huascar Medina

American Literature Project


Huascar Medina - New American
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American Literature Project


Huascar Medina - New American

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Road map 
Huascar Medina

  • background info
  • poem
  • assignments

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Huascar Medina 
Born in Texas, lives in Kansas

New American -  2020




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Before you read
What is a new American?


From which countries are immigrants coming / did they come to America?

Are there 'New Dutch'? If so, who are they? 


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Assignments
Imagine you are an immigrant in a new country.

Write a diary entry or a letter expressing your thoughts, feelings, and challenges
you might face as you try to adapt to your new surroundings. 
(100 -150 words)

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Assignments
Research news articles or stories about recent immigrants or cultural diversity in your community or country. 


Write a piece of text of at least 150 words that discusses how the experiences
of new Americans or new Dutch today align with the themes in Huascar Medina's poem. 

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Ready?
Research the Jim Crow Laws in the USA.

Find information and think of questions re. this topic.

On 26 January: talk by Dr Maarten Zwiers on Jim Crow Laws and the Southern American States.


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Next week
Tuesday: Mission 20 - self test

Wednesday: literature assignments

Friday: no class

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