NCTE 2011
The following list of resources, while useful, is not complete. While some activities still need to be digitized, others need to be re-made. I hope to offer a more complete list of resources in the future.NCTE 2011 Presentation Handout and Unit Plan Overview
- Research Locations and Articles
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- National Public Radio
- The Washington Post
- Opposite Ends of the Immigration Debate
- I-Search
Research Locations and Articles
This list or articles found below does not claim to be comprehensive. However, I use these types of articles as examples to show students the type of articles I want them to find while conducting their own research
The New York Time
- Illegal Immigrants and Social Security
- Arizona Immigration Bill April – 2010
- Arizona Immigration Bill Passes – April 2010
The Wall Street Journal
National Public Radio (NPR)
- The Death of Josseline [Transcript]
- The Death of Josseline Audio File
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- 2 Languages Many Voices in the US: A series of articles that looks at “how Latinos are changing – and being change – by the U.S.
The Washington Post
A series of articles discussing America the myth of the American melting pot
- Part 1: One Nation Indivisible is History
- Part 2: LA: A Sense of Future Conflicts
- Part 3: Shunning Assimilation
- Part 4: Sweat of their Brows Reshapes the Economy
- Part 5: A White Migration North of Miami
- Part 6: Interracial Marriages Eroding Barriers
Opposite Ends of the Immigration Debate
- Conservate: Federation for American Immigration Reform
- Liberal: Immigration Policy Center: American Immigration Council
I – Search
This assignment requires some explanation as students are generally unfamiliar with the format.
- I-Search Guidelines and Rubric
- Example I-Search Paper (I give students this paper as a way of helping to conceptualize what an I-Search paper is. This example is intentionally not about the writer’s personal immigration history as I do not want to influence a student’s approach to their essential question.)
