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*Stereotype:
Background Information
* Immigration: The process of relocating permanently to a foreign country
*Stereotype: Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular
type of person or thing.
Background Information
* Immigration: The process of relocating permanently to a foreign country.
*Stereotype: Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular
type of person or thing.
*Stereotype: Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular
type of person or thing.
* Religious and Political Conflict: Discrimination or war put upon someone with a
different political, ethnic or religious background.
Background Information
* Immigration: The process of relocating permanently to a foreign country
*Stereotype: Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular
type of person or thing.
* Religious and Political Conflict: Discrimination or war put upon someone with a
different political, ethnic or religious background.
*Coyote:
Background Information
* Immigration: The process of relocating permanently to a foreign country
*Stereotype: Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular
type of person or thing.
* Religious and Political Conflict: Discrimination or war put upon someone with a
different political, ethnic or religious background.
*Coyote: A person who smuggles Latin Americans across the US border, typically
for a high fee.
Stations!
The color of your card determines your group
Station 1 - EmmaRose and Emmy
Timeline - Guess the Order!
Timeline In Order
1. 1519 Colonization
2. 1819 Adams Onis Treaty
3. 1821 Mexican Independence
4. 1846 to 1848 Mexican American War
5. 1877 to 1911 Mexican Dictatorship
6. 1848 Gold rush
7. 1873 Depression
8. 1891 Immigration Act
9. 1910 Mexican Revolution- A hope of democracy
10. 1934 Rebuilding nation after leader is killed
11. 1985 Mexico is in financial crisis
12. 1992 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
13. 2001 Yuma 14
History of the Mexican Government
-1821- Free from Spain
(Mexican Timeline)
History of Immigration Through Mexico
● 1519- Colonization
● 1819- Adams Onis Treaty
● 1846 to 1848- Mexican
American War
● 1848- Gold rush
● 1873- Depression
● 1891- Immigration Act
● 2001- Yuma 14
(Mexican Immigration timeline)
Station 2 - Alex and Elsa
The Food
Pan de Dulce- Pan de Dulce is a very popular sweet treat
in Mexico, it means candy bread in Spanish.
● California, Texas and Illinois are the most popular places of resettlements
(Andrew Schlewitz)
Pull Factors
- Economic opportunity/Employment
- Political security
- Education
- Better resources
- Family
(Emigration)
Illegally
● Hiring a coyote to smuggle them
across
● Hiding in a vehicle, while the
driver passes through
immigration
● First getting visa, and not
returning home after expiration
(VIVIAN YEE)
Legally
● Obtain Green Card
● Are you eligible?
● File USCIS form N-400 ($725)
● Attend citizenship interview
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