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Fear of Foreigners: A Cartoon History of Nativism in America | The Lowdown | KQED News

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The United States has long been a destination for immigrants seeking a better life. Yet, newcomers haven't always been welcomed with open arms.

Throughout the nation's history, immigrants have consistently been blamed for societal problems, commonly viewed with suspicion and fear and accused of lowering the quality of life for established residents.

It's an issue playing out in the 2016 presidential election, with calls from Republican candidate Donald Trump to deport large numbers of undocumented residents, build a border wall and crack down on Muslim communities.

As comic journalist Andy Warner explains, the current anti-immigrant rhetoric follows a long tradition of nativist sentiment in America. And take a look at our accompanying lesson plan (PDF).

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The United States has long been a destination for immigrants seeking a better life. Yet, newcomers haven't always been welcomed with open arms. Throughout the nation's history, immigrants have consistently been blamed for societal problems, commonly viewed with suspicion and fear and accused of lowering the quality of life for established residents.

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Deeper thinking with timeline projects | Ditch That Textbook

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It's easy to get stuck in a rut. As cyclical as education is, it's almost impossible not to.

We do the same activities year in and year out - even if we're constantly trying to reinvent our classes. It happens to the best of us.

Twitter is a great way to get unstuck. It also helps others to get unstuck. Kudos to Jane Highley for that.

She recently posted a question that caught my attention:

How can designing a timeline be a rigorous activity?

Higher-order thinking and Webb's Depth of Knowledge have been top of mind for me. (I spent some time recently with Alice Keeler, my co-author for Ditch That Homework. Spend more than 15 minutes with her and you'll hear her say "DoK". And that's a good thing.)

Norman Webb's Depth of Knowledge: Depth of Knowledge (DoK) categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them. (via Edutopia)

Bloom's Taxonomy: The go-to source for higher-order thinking for decades. The original framework consisted of six major categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. It was revised and improved in 2001. (via Vanderbilt Center for Teaching)

Timelines. Poster projects. Brochures.

Any traditional activity can be put through the DOK/higher-order thinking process. Take an old, tired activity and put a deeper spin on it.

Here were some suggestions I gave Jane for her students' timelines:

1. Compare timeline with another from history (or with present times). Compare/contrast kicks the Depth of Knowledge up to DoK level 2: Skills and concepts. Some ways to compare/contrast:

How does this timeline compare to a civilization/event/period in another part of history?

How does this compare to present times/today?

2. Identify problems and give advice to people of that time. Giving advice kicks the DoK up to level 3: Strategic thinking. Some questions to ask/answer:

What was a key mistake/error and how could it have been fixed?

What was a general/overall problem and what could have improved it?

How could people have lived differently to make their lives better?

How could a leader have changed his/her leadership style or decisions to have a better outcome in history?

3. Create a new ending. This also kicks the DoK up to level 3: Strategic thinking. This is like putting a fork in your timeline. There's the way it happened and the way it could have happened. Ways this could be done:

Identify a turning point in the timeline. Determine how it could have been improved and what the outcome could have been.

Go into the future. Take a timeline that goes to today and predict the future based on what you know.

Swap characters. For the timeline or events of a life you're studying, pick a different person to lead or live through those events. How would that person have responded differently?

These could be done with Choose Your Own Adventure stories with Google Slides or Forms! See #8 in this post for ideas.
4. Categorize events. Tagging events on a timeline can help students make sense of them and what the timeline says as a whole. It kicks the DoK up to level 2: Skills and concepts. A deeper explanation of why they're categorized the way they are takes it up to level 3: Strategic thinking.

Some ways to categorize items on a timeline:

A simple good/bad (or very good/good/bad/very bad) or helpful/harmful

Grouping the items on the timeline into categories and tagging each based on those categories created by the student

How it impacted society

How expensive it was

How important it was

5. Identify common themes. What does the timeline say as a whole? This kicks the DoK up to level 2: Skills and concepts. Explanation and justification of those themes can bring it up to DoK level 3: Strategic thinking.

The themes could be added above or below the timeline. Think of them as a headline or a title. A subheadline or secondary title could be added to give further explanation, like a secondary title better explains a vague title of a book.
Several tools can help you create timelines, like:

Google Drawings: It's simple. It's part of the G Suite apps for education. You can save your product as an image file. I made the above infographic with Google Drawings.

Sutori: Sutori lets students create and share visual stories collaboratively. It was formerly HSTRY.co, which was focused on social studies. Now it's been rebranded so it's inclusive to all subject areas.

Timetoast: From the site: Timetoast timelines are a beautiful way to share the past, or even the future. Creating takes minutes. It's as simple as can be!"

ReadWriteThink Timeline: This tool walks you through creating a timeline by date, time or event, step by step with text and images.

For notifications of new Ditch That Textbook content and helpful links: Interested in having Matt present at your event or school? Contact him by e-mail! Matt is scheduled to present at the following upcoming events:

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It's easy to get stuck in a rut. As cyclical as education is, it's almost impossible not to. We do the same activities year in and year out - even if we're constantly trying to reinvent our classes. It happens to the best of us. Twitter is a great way to get unstuck.

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Why you should use a timeline

Engage with interactivity, animation and beautiful design.

Focus on what is most important and communicate key moments.

Enhance comprehension by providing the context to fully understand the story.

Experience history in a way that connects the dots and puts things in perspective.

Our timeline maker makes it a breeze to make a timeline, from ancient history to the far-off future.

View your timeline in both horizontal and list modes. It works on just about any device and of course it's super quick to update online.

Stories are best when shared. With Timetoast, you can publish your timelines and share your story with the world, or with just a few.

You can even embed your timeline on your own website and change its colors to fit in seamlessly.

Our collaboration tools let you share your timelines with groups or individual users.

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