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List of Activities | xi | |
Preface | xii | |
Part I | Introduction | |
Background | 2 | |
Why Learn about Refugees? | ||
Goals of This Curriculum | ||
Using This Curriculum | ||
Learning about Refugees: An Overview | ||
Activities | ||
1. | Fact or Fiction? An Introductory Activity | 9 |
Handout 1 | Fact or Fiction? Cards | |
Handout 2 | Information Cards | |
2. | What's the News? A Current-Events and Geography Activity | 14 |
3. | "Three Strikes--You're Out!" An Introduction to Refugee Studies | 16 |
Handout 3 | Asylum Application | |
Handout 4 | Where Do They Come From? Where Do They Go? | |
Handout 5 | U.S. Admissions Statistics | |
Handout 6 | Resettlement and Asylum Statistics | |
4. | Packing Your Suitcase: A Simulation Activity | 24 |
Part II | Refugees and U.S. History | |
Background | 29 | |
Historical Overview of Global Refugee Movements | ||
Refugees in U.S. History | ||
Handout 7 | U.S. Immigration and Refugee Policy Timeline | |
Handout 8 | Growth of a Nation: A Historical Perspective on Immigrants and Refugees in the United States | |
Activities | ||
5. | Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe: 1890-1990: Case Studies in Changing Policy and Circumstances | 44 |
Handout 9 | Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe: 1890-1990, Historical Overview | |
Handout 10 | Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe: 1890-1990, Case Studies | |
6. | From Exclusion to Acceptance: Restrictions Against Asian Immigrants and Refugees During the Last 150 Years | 56 |
Handout 11 | From Exclusion to Acceptance: Restrictions Against Asian Immigrants ... | |
7. | Getting the Words Right: A Vocabulary Activity Using Immigration and Refugee Terms | 64 |
Handout 12 | Getting the Words Right: A Vocabulary Activity... | |
8. | Interpreting Cartoons: Refugees in the United States as Seen Through Editorial Cartoons | 69 |
Handout 13 | Refugees in Political Cartoons | |
9. | The Numbers Tell the Story: Interpreting Timelines and Charts | 74 |
Handout 14 | The Numbers Tell the Story: Interpreting Timelines and Charts | |
Part III | Refugees and the United States Today | |
Background | 79 | |
United States Refugee and Asylum Policy | ||
Applying for Refugee Status and Asylum in the United States | ||
Activities | ||
10. | United States Refugee Law: Case Studies of Refugees in the United States | 88 |
Handout 15 | Interpreting U.S. Refugee Law (Part 1): The Case of Canas-Segovia ... | |
Handout 16 | Interpreting U.S. Refugee Law (Part 2): The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court ... | |
Handout 17 | A Well-Founded Fear of Persecution? The Case of Florvil Samedi | |
11. | You Be the Judge: A Mock Trial to Determine Eligibility for Asylum | 98 |
12. | How Far Should We Open the Door? Judging Criteria for Deciding How Many Refugees to Admit | 100 |
Handout 18 | How Far Should We Open the Door? | |
13. | Are Some More Equal than Others? Evaluating Who Should be Granted Asylum | 104 |
Handout 19 | Are Some More Equal that Others? | |
14. | How Generous Are We? Statistics about Refugee Assistance and Asylum | 107 |
Handout 20 | Who's Paying the Bill? | |
Handout 21 | Top Donors to Refugee Relief in 1993 | |
Handout 22 | Asylum Cases Filed with U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Directors | |
15. | Locking Up Refugees? Practicing and Analyzing Discussion Skills | 112 |
Handout 23 | Detention of Persons Seeking Asylum in the United States | |
16. | Sanctuary and the Law: A Decision-Making Activity | 117 |
Handout 24 | The Sanctuary Movement in the United States | |
Handout 25 | A Case of Sanctuary | |
17. | Crossing the Schoolhouse Border: Determining Responsibility for Helping Refugees Adjust to a New School | 125 |
Handout 26 | Voices of Refugee Schoolchildren | |
Handout 27 | My Story by "Rebeca Rivera" | |
18. | Calculating the Escape | 132 |
Handout 28 | Human Rights Abuses in Haiti | |
Handout 29 | Calculating the Escape: Problems | |
19. | Using the Movie El Norte in the Classroom: Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities | 141 |
Part IV | Refugees and Your Community | |
Background | 145 | |
Refugees in Your Community | ||
Organizations Working for Refugees | ||
Activities | ||
20. | Refugees in Your Community: A Cooperative Fact-Finding Activity | 151 |
Handout 30 | Refugees in Your Community: Assessing What You Already Know | |
Handout 31 | Refugees in Your Community: Verifying and Expanding Your Information | |
Handout 32 | Refugees in Your Community: Compiling Your Investigation Results | |
21. | You Can Do More: Activities Involving Refugees in Your Community | 162 |
22. | The Power of the Pen: A Letter-Writing Activity | 165 |
Handout 33 | Writing Letters that Have an Effect | |
Handout 34 | Facts for Letter Writing | |
Part V | Appendices | |
A. | Immigration and Refugee Terms | 172 |
B. | Refugees and the United States: A Teaching Bibliography | 175 |
C. | Refugee Filmography | 181 |
D. | Directory of Refugee Resources | 186 |
E. | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
Official Version | ||
Colloquial Version | 198 | |
Index | 205 |
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