American Literature Project: Huascar Medina

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American Literature Project

Huascar Medina - New American

Road map 

Huascar Medina

• background info
• poem
• assignments

Huascar Medina 

Born in Texas, lives in Kansas

New American -  2020

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? 

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)

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. 

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.

Next week

Tuesday: Mission 20 - self test

Wednesday: literature assignments

Friday: no class