https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t The place where students may access all of the necessary texts for our unit on Immigration. During this unit, we are going to tackle two essential questions: "What does it mean to be an immigrant?" & "What does it mean to be an American?" en-us 2021-03-23 12:08:36 UTC 2023-03-28 18:51:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1098211258/97f21f68bedd027c6d49bc8b6109d5e6/Screenshot__61_.png gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342425084 Readers follow Ahmed, a Syrian refugee in Belgium, on his journey to find belonging in a "City that wants nothing to do with him". Then, Ahmed meets Max, an American boy who decides to help Max get to freedom. Click this link to listen to an audiobook reading here.]]> 2021-03-23 12:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342425084 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342452084 Emily Lazarus's poem, The New Colossus, was written November 2nd, 1883, and stands at the foot of the statue of liberty. Click this text to see the poem.]]> 2021-03-23 12:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342452084 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342463909 In this video, children actors read the real testimonies of children detained my ICE and Immigration Services in the United States of America. ]]> 2021-03-23 12:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342463909 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342471208 This non-fiction article discusses the many cultural assumptions Americans make about Immigrants. Click this text to enter the article.]]> 2021-03-23 12:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342471208 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342495317 Hear from the testimonies of 8 immigrants in the United States on what the immigration process and experience is really like. Click in this link to enter the narrative article.]]> 2021-03-23 12:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342495317 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342525431 This resource contains sensitive material of real children discussing the perilous conditions of some US Immigrant Detention Centers. Children are interviewed in 2019 on their experience in the detention centers. Read only Pages 2-3, page 16, and page 19.  Click here to access the document.]]> 2021-03-23 12:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342525431 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342559121 2021-03-23 12:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342559121 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342579163 Written by Sandra Cisneros and told through a series of vignettes, readers follow young Latina girl growing up in Chicago on her unique journey of self-discovery. Click here for a full audiobook reading.]]> 2021-03-23 12:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342579163 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342613121 This poem works to describe the blending of cultures in a home of Cuban-American immigrants. Read the poem here.]]> 2021-03-23 12:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342613121 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342629753 Sharma discusses the tumultuous, yet beautiful immigrant experience in "On Immigration." Read the poem here.]]> 2021-03-23 12:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342629753 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342648409 Watch this data-driven video that discusses immigration, misconceptions, and facts.]]> 2021-03-23 13:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342648409 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342656345 2021-03-23 13:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342656345 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342790134 Click the photo below to see where Belgium is on the world map. Remember, the book "Nowhere Boy" takes place in the country of Belgium!]]> 2021-03-23 13:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342790134 gustafsonanastasia https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342812924 Islamophobia is an extreme fear of and hostility toward Islam and Muslims. It often leads to hate speech and hate crimes, as well as social and political discrimination. Watch this TED Talk to see how Western society needs to question the prevalence of both conscious and unconscious Islamophobia in our society.]]> 2021-03-23 13:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gustafsonanastasia/9z73wl72a4s3ug8t/wish/1342812924