America's melting pot

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America's melting pot

Aims of the lesson...

• To find out where people came from who emigrated to the USA.
  
• To see what we mean by 'melting pot'.
  
• To examine the root causes of the 'melting pot'.
  

suburbanisation = urbanisation

1. true
2. false

The CBD is found in the suburbs.

1. true
2. false

Which is the correct order from earliest to most recent?

1. reurbanisation - urbanisation - suburbanisation
2. urbanisation - reurbanisation - suburbanisation
3. suburbanisation- urbanisation - reurbanisation
4. urbanisation - suburbanisation- reurbanisation

What process does this image show?

What does the image show?

What does the term 'melting pot' mean?

1. A mixture of all kinds of cultures
2. A large population group of one ethnicity.
3. A mixture of two cultures
4. Multiple cultures in a different neighborhoods.

The graph shows the origins of migrants
through time.
Look at the graph: What stands out?

Describe and explain:
Anglo-Americans

Describe and explain:
Afro-Americans

Describe and explain:
Asians

Describe and explain:
Hispanics

In the US the main four population groups are: African-Americans, Hispanics and which others?

1. Asians and Turks
2. Italians and Asians
3. Anglo-Americans and Asians
4. Anglo-Americans and Italians

The eras of migrations of the American population can be divided into two parts, which are these?

1. Before 1900 and after 1900
2. Before 1936 and after 1945
3. Before 1960 and after 1960
4. Before 1840 and after 1840

Which concept belongs to this sentence?
"The migrant fully adapts to the original population"

1. Assimilation
2. Integration
3. Segregation

What do we call it when migrants adopt more and more elements of the predominant culture?

1. Immigration
2. Segregation
3. Integration
4. Assimilation

With which of the terms below does the term 'ethnic district' best fit?

1. Assimilation
2. Integration
3. Segregation

Which population group is aging in the US?

1. African-American
2. Anglo-American
3. Asian
4. Hispanic

Over to you...

Watch the upcoming short film (in Dutch, translate as you go).

Read section 3.

Complete exercises 1 to 7 on pages 11-13.

Americano's in de klas

https://schooltv.nl/video/americanos-in-de-klas-latinos-in-de-verenigde-staten/