Additional Assignments

  1. If you could arrange a meeting between two of the individuals or groups mentioned in the sources in this unit, which two would they be, and why? What are some of the topics and points of comparison or contrast that might emerge from this conversation? Prepare a transcript of the meeting as you imagine it in dialogue form that places the two individuals or groups in conversation with one another. Alternately, this might be done in class as a debate.
  2. Through additional research, create a visual representation of how immigrants who came to the United States after 1965 have transformed the nation. Your presentation should make wide use of visual aids and focus on either one migrant group or one region of the United States and demonstrate change over time.