Whose Neighborhood Is It? Whose America Is This?
To study a complicated issue such as immigration in the newspaper, students must think critically and differentiate between facts and opinions, analyze the debate by comparing and contrasting arguments, evaluate the solutions, synthesize their own positions, and view the issue in the context of history. A. Students will study today's immigration issues using the electronic versions of the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News and yesterday's immigration issues using the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection (CHNC). This unit can be accomplished by either starting with the historical perspective or the contemporary one - the teacher is free to choose. B. Students will answer these questions: Who are immigrants? How are immigrants pictured in the news? Are they welcome here? What are the problems surrounding immigration now and in the past? What solutions to the immigration problem have been considered? What is your view of the immigration issues? What opinions have you formed over the course of this study? C. Students will analyze immigration issues and problems/solutions in categories: security economics legal cultural human rights issues
