Immigration group: Asian American citizens lesson 2

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• Middelbare school
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Immigration group: Asian American citizens lesson 2

What is Xenophobia?

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Presentations from last lesson (optional)                                 (10 min)

What is Xenophobia?                                                                             10 min

Art form: 'the immigrant'                                                                     10 min

Poem: Dreaming a wall - Richard Blanco                                     10 min

Work on exercise 3 - homework (optional)                              (10 min)                                

Homework  + exit question                                                                 5 min

What is Xenophobia?

What is Xenophobia?

People's fear can spread fast.

It is easy to get scared of someone/ something when others are scared too.

You might have experienced Xenophobia.

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Why, do you think, did the artist decided to make the wooden beads black?

You can only see the face of a woman if you look at it from a certain perspective.
What is the artist trying to tell the viewer?

The artist made this art piece to point out the positive impact that immigrants have on our community.
Can you name a positive impact that immigrants bring to our country?

Poem: dreaming a wall

Difficult words
from the poem

Get to work (optional)

What?           Exercise 3, questions about the poem 'dreaming a wall'.

How?             On your own.

Help?             Ask someone in your group, otherwise ask the teacher.

Time?             10 minutes

Result?          You answered the question about the poem and now

                          understand the poem better

Done?            Compare your answers to those of your neighbour (if they are

                          done too), otherwise work on a different subject for a bit.  

What is Xenophobia?

What is the impact of Xenophobia on other people?