I hope you don't miss me too terribly in my absence. Please follow these steps, and I hope you have a strong class without me.
1) Who represents you in Washington? If you don't know, ask a friend sitting near you.
2) Hey, guess what I found out via twitter tonight? You can confirm or deny your predictions from yesterday's discussion:
3) Okay now that you've read that.... The answer to question 1 is..... Elizabeth Warren & Ed Markey both represent you as your senators. Richard Neal represents you in the House of Representatives, as he represents the 1st Congressional District, which includes Berkshire County, as well as parts of Hampshire, Hampden, and Worcester counties.
4) You should use your notebook to take notes on the following
a. This video: on DACA
b. These articles (Article 1, Article 2), providing different perspectives on DACA
5) Begin drafting a letter to your representatives, which we will continue to work on tomorrow. Instructions: Write to your representatives, either supporting or opposing the DREAM ACT, pulling information from the articles given or other articles from reputable sources. In the letter you should do the following: introduce yourself (name, age, school, city), urge your representative to vote for or against the DREAM ACT, explain two or three reasons why you support or oppose the DREAM ACT, and include evidence or anecdotes to support your reasons and thank your representative for their time. Space it 1.5, rather than double space. It needs to be LESS than one page. (not counting the formatting, addresses, etc)
6) For Homework, Read through a few of the following websites & articles to increase your quantity of evidence for your letter.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/immigration/enrollment
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/census/2010/explorer.html
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_ill_pe_2009.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/04/26/nyregion/26family.graphic.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/magazine/24DreamTeam-t.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=C848EEA027F9860EDBF5D971D0269F65&gwt=pay
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/the-possible-dream/?mtrref=undefined&gwh=D8B0ADA9F7BF747C7F236D82562A8D3A&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion
https://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/?mtrref=undefined&gwh=C331BD56D737A6AEB63138E5D77B70D7&gwt=pay
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/opinion/lweb24immig.html?
mtrref=undefined&gwh=26FBA963B6D9C30BE7E3A9B98AD78AE7&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion
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