Immigration group: Asian American citizens lesson 3

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Immigration group: Asian American citizens lesson 3

The history of Asian Americans

Today

Checking homework                                                                             10 min

World population view charts                                                            5 min

Back in history                                                                                         10 min

Poem: New colossus - Emma Lazarus                                          15 min

Homework + exit question                                                                    5 min

worldpopulationreview.com

Let's go back in time....

People who already lived in America had to move away 

Beginning of 1800 until 1890

African people being shipped to America

Beginning of 1600 until 1865

Chinese exclusion act (1882 - 1943)

Chinese people were forbidden to come to America

Meanwhile..... white Europeans could come to America

Angel Island

1910 - 1940

Asian immigrants had to wait here for entry

Anti - Japanese movement

Second World War - Pearl Harbour

Japanese incarceration camp

Today, people in America are still fighting against racism.

The American dream

"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

Emma Lazarus

1849 - 1887

Get to work (optional)

What?           Exercise 1, questions about the poem 'the new colossus'.

How?             On your own or with your neighbour.

Help?             Ask your neighbour, otherwise ask the teacher.

Time?             5 minutes

Result?          You answered the questions 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.  

Homework (in handout):

Watch the video and do exercise 2 from lesson 3.

What were the two events that happened to Asian Americans in the past?