You must all answer this first question:
Please read the text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Compare and contrast it with the Slave Act of 1793. Imagine the year is 1855, you live in Columbus, Ohio. You have a choice--you can either be the owner of a flour mill OR you can choose to be a seamstress who does piecework. An individual approach you and asks you to secretly house an escaped a young mother with a baby for two nights as she makes her way along the 'underground railroad' to Canada----would you have assisted her? In your response, be certain to discuss aspects of the life you chose (flour mill owner or seamstress) that would motivate you to help or not to help the escaped slave? (e.g. Religious, economic, political affiliation, education level, ethnicity). You must consider the pros and cons and discuss each. This is not an analysis of your personal values----this is an attempt to force you to compare the potential outcomes
Choose 1 of the following questions to complete
1. Consider this report
comparing the American experience to the French experience of
assimilation and this
news article. Write an essay addressing the
following:
1. What similarities exist in the history of
immigration between the US and France?
2. What differences exist in the history of immigration
between the US and France?
3. What is the 'twilight of common dreams?" What is the
difference between assimilation
and acculturation? Which would be the most
successful policy for a country to
promote? Why? What are the disadvantages?
4. Which has been more successful assimilating immigrants?
Why?
2. Please consider
these graphs. Having learned what you
have so far respecting how
immigrants become a part of their host
country and the factors which influence , what do
these projections
tell you about the future of Texas? What problems will Texas
face? What
steps can Texas take to attempt to address the
issues it will face over the next thirty years?
What
challenges do you expect that future teachers face?
What are the implications
present in these graphs in terms of Texas' overall
economic future?