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• According to the excerpt, who is in support of current immigration levels? Who is opposed?

Citizenship—American Government

Unit—1 Part—1Pgs.— 1-12

Class Weekly Jobs• Each Social Studies class will have a specific job for

the day. Make sure you do the correct job for your class and for your group.

• Class A, B, and C- Group Jobs• Class - THIVS• Class - Lesson Outline

Before—Guess the Lesson

Guess the Lesson—Possible Answers• Immigration• Citizenship• Border Patrol• Poverty

• Government• Police• Slavery• Freedom

Learning Goals

• ALCOS #11: Compare changes in social and economic conditions in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

• Goal: Tell me about early immigration to the United States and Citizenship today.

Read—Pgs. 4-6 • Read from “A Diverse Population” to “Ongoing

Transformation” then STOP.

• 2’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term defined.)

• 1’s : Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of our lesson.)

• 3’s: Summarizer (Summarize each part of our lesson, 3 sentences for each summary.)

Read—Pgs. 4-6

• Read from “A Diverse Population” to “Ongoing Transformation” then STOP.

• T—Title (1)• H—Headings/Subheadings (2)• I—Introduction (1)• V—Vocab/Key Terms defined (0)• S—Summary of the lesson at the end. (1)

Read—Pgs. 4-6 • Read from “A Diverse Population” to “Ongoing Transformation” then

STOP.

• Lesson Outline: Reading the pages listed above, create a lesson outline using the following template.

I. Heading for lesson goes here.A. Important information regarding the lesson goes here.

1. Key Facts and Vocabulary goes here.2. “ “ “ “ “ “

- Other/smaller information goes here.B. Important information regarding the lesson goes here.

I. Being an American Pgs. 4-6 • About 13 percent of Americans were born in

another country (immigrants) and about 98 percent come from families who were immigrants at one time.

• Native Americans, the first residents of what is now the United States, included many separate groups with distinct cultures.

• In the 1500s, settlers first came to North America from Spain and settled in what is now Florida and the Southwest.

• In the 1600s, settlers from France and England began coming to North America. The English settled mainly along the east coast, where they formed the thirteen colonies.

• In the late 1600s and the 1700s, immigrants began arriving from Germany, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

QARs• Who were the first residents of what is now the

United States?

• Settlers from what country came to America in the 1500s?

• What two countries settled in America in the 1600s?

Read—Pgs. 7-10 • Read from “Ongoing Transformation” through “Government

Institutions” then STOP.

• 3’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term defined.)

• 2’s: Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of our lesson.)

• 1’s: Summarizer (Summarize each part of our lesson, 3 sentences for each summary.)

Read—Pgs. 7-10

• Read from “Ongoing Transformation” through “Government Institutions” then STOP.

• T—Title (1)• H—Headings/Subheadings (2)• I—Introduction (1)• V—Vocab/Key Terms defined (0)• S—Summary of the lesson at the end. (1)

Read—Pgs. 7-10 • Read from “Ongoing Transformation” through “Government

Institutions” then STOP.

• Lesson Outline: Reading the pages listed above, create a lesson outline using the following template.

I. Heading for lesson goes here.A. Important information regarding the lesson goes here.

1. Key Facts and Vocabulary goes here.2. “ “ “ “ “ “

- Other/smaller information goes here.B. Important information regarding the lesson goes here.

II. Being American (Cont.) Pgs. 7-10

• Through the years, about 500,000 Africans were forcibly brought to the United States as slaves. Congress made this illegal in 1807.

• In the mid-1800s, immigrants arrived from Ireland, Germany, and China. After 1890, immigrants began arriving from Italy, Greece, Poland, and Russia. In the 1900s most immigrants came from Asia and Latin America.

• Today, there is ethnic and religious diversity in the United States. Shared U.S. values include freedom, equality, opportunity, justice, democracy, unity, respect, and tolerance.

QARs• What did Congress make illegal in 1807?

• Where do most immigrants come to the US from now?

• What type of diversity is prominent today?

Read—Pgs. 11-12 • Read from “What is Civics” through “Roots of citizenship” then

STOP.

• 1’s: Key Term Keeper (Make sure you have every key term defined.)

• 2’s: Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of our lesson.)

• 3’s: Summarizer (Summarize each part of our lesson, 3 sentences for each summary.)

Read—Pgs. 11-12

• Read from “What is Civics” through “Roots of citizenship” then STOP.

• T—Title (1)• H—Headings/Subheadings (2)• I—Introduction (1)• V—Vocab/Key Terms defined (0)• S—Summary of the lesson at the end. (1)

Read—Pgs. 11-12 • Read from “What is Civics” through “Roots of citizenship” then STOP.

• Lesson Outline: Reading the pages listed above, create a lesson outline using the following template.

I. Heading for lesson goes here.A. Important information regarding the lesson goes here.

1. Key Facts and Vocabulary goes here.2. “ “ “ “ “ “

- Other/smaller information goes here.B. Important information regarding the lesson goes here.

III. Becoming a Citizen Pgs. 11-12

• Civics is the study of the rights and duties of citizens.

• Citizens are members of the community who owe loyalty to a government and receive protection from it.

• Women, African Americans, and Native Americans were not considered citizens in the early years of the United States.

• Citizens by birth include people born in the United States or in an American territory; people born on U.S. soil to non-U.S. citizens; and people born to parents who are U.S. citizens.

QARs• What is the study of the rights and duties of

citizens?

• What individuals were not considered citizens in the early years of the United States?

QAR Answers• Native Americans• Spain• England and France• Forcibly bringing slaves to America• Latin America and Asia• Ethnic and Religious• Civics• Women, African Americans, and Native Americans

After—Opinion• Do you believe our current immigration plan is good

or bad for the country? Would you change anything? If so, what?

• You must write a full response.