Immigration-Assignment

Students will select a country of their choice. They will then use library databases to search for current events in immigration over the last five years regarding their selected country. The student must identify the steps of immigration that are being discussed in the articles, and then discuss the similarities and differences they observe between what is currently happening and the case study of 1880-1920. The skills and concepts that will be targeted in this paper are the following...
 * Conventions of formal paper writing
 * In text citations
 * Paraphrasing
 * Works Cited
 * Research skills
 * Information regarding plagiarism

This paper will be five paragraphs and roughly 500 words long. Your paper should be organized by the following outline i. Introduction to your country and immigration ii. The steps of immigration that are present iii. The similarities of issues to the case study. iv. The differences of the issues to the case study v. Conclusion-

The social studies standards that will be addressed will be... 2.1 Explain forces for change that result in increasing world interaction:
 * 1.0 Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and various interpretations of these relationships. ||
 * || 1.1 Use key concepts such as chronology, causality, and conflict to identify patterns of historical change. ||
 * || 1.2 Identify and use primary and secondary sources in historical research. ||
 * || 1.3 Understand how knowledge of the past and its trends can help explain current events. ||
 * || 1.4 Explain the causes of significant current and historical political events and issues. ||
 * || 1.5 Examine historical resources for a point of view, context, bias (including gender and race), distortion, or propaganda. ||
 * || 1.6 Analyze multiple interpretations of an historical or current event ||||  ||
 * || 2.0 Students will understand causes and effects of interaction among societies, including trade, systems of international exchange, war, and diplomacy.

2.5 Identify issues and standards related to human rights. 3. Students will understand the concepts of geography and demography and how geography and demography influence and are influenced by human history. 3.4 Explain and give examples of voluntary and involuntary migration 4.0 Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies. || In the benchmarks for this standard, the term "belief systems" refers to an ordered, established body of thinking and faith that influence one's perceptions of self and the world. It includes such concepts as religion, philosophies (including political and economic), and science. ||  ||   ||
 * Environment
 * Belief systems (e.g., religion, politics)
 * Economics
 * Geography/land
 * Ethnicity/race/gender
 * Culture
 * Balance of power ||  ||   ||
 * 2.3 Understand the primary effects of world trade and global patterns of resource distribution and use in terms of connections and conflict.
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 * || 4.8 Identify patterns of social and cultural continuity in various societies and analyze ways in which people maintained traditions and resisted external challenges. ||  ||   ||