Becoming American Study Guide
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This guide to accompany the film Becoming American helps students investigate identity and belonging through the stories of generations of Chinese immigrants in the United States and their paths to "becoming American."
Teaching Enrique's Journey
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This guide provides activities and discussion questions for leading your students through a six-week reading of Enrique's Journey that explores themes of identity, belonging, and choices.
Please Ring the Bell for Us
This cartoon, by Francis Knott for the Dallas Morning News, was published on July 7, 1939. It accompanied an editorial that described admitting refugee children to the United States as an “act of simple humanity."
"Home" by Warsan Shire
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire gives voice to the experiences of refugees in this poem about "home."
Laundrymen and Movies
Learn about the prejudice, stereotypes, and victimization Chinese and Chinese Americans faced in the US in the 1920s.
What is Migration?
Use this Explainer to help differentiate between terms like refugee, migrant, and asylum.
Amin Maalouf Histoires d’Identité
Amin Maalouf, écrivain et auteur français, parle du besoin de trouver de nouvelles façons de penser l'identité.
Univers d’obligation
Réfléchir à la façon dont les individus, communautés et nations décident qui a des droits dignes de respect et de protection avec cette introduction au concept de « l'univers d'obligation ».
La chance de la morale et les dilemmes du jugement
Réfléchissez aux défis posés par les jugements moraux sur les actions des acteurs du passé.
Enrique's Journey
A Honduran boy goes on an unforgettable quest looking for his mother, eleven years after she is forced to leave her starving family to find work in the United States.