1)How was literacy used as a means of limiting immigration into the US?
2)Why are immigrants’ literacy skills in their native languages often discounted in educational settings?
3) How is literacy a means of acculturation, and how are immigrants socialized into literacy practices in the United States?
Activity 1: What do you know about European history and culture?
Activity 2: Read “European Immigrants in the U.S.”
European-Immigrants-in-the-United-States-1Activity 3: Watch “My Life as an Immigrant”
Activity 4: Read “Literacy Tests and Asian Exclusion Were the Hallmarks of the 1917 Immigration Act“
Activity 5: Explore the Civics Questions for the Naturalization Test here. Quiz a family member, a friend or yourself!
Activity 6: Explore resources on the English and Civics Testing here. Do you think the language here is easy or difficult to understand for non-native English speakers?
Activity 7: Discussion Board Post #7.
Activity 8: Essay draft check-in: Go to our page of resources here. Attend the research essay informational session with me on Monday, Nov 1st, at 3PM. Keep on collecting your data. See this week’s announcement for more details.
