End-of-Target Reflection

After yesterday's discussion, you should have time to reflect on the process of preparing,
participating, and listening to the discussion. Consider the following questions prepare a
reflection.This reflection will count as a HOW3 score, and will also help us to determine
your overall LT grade. The reflection should be 2 pages typed, double-spaced, 12 point font,
Times New Roman or Arial.

• Was there anything about the process of the assignment
• (preparation, execution, work time, etc.) that frustrated you? 

• Explain the Learning Target in your own words

[I can analyze the experience of immigrants who moved to to America
and evaluate the success of their integration into American society]

• Would you have done anything differently if you were the facilitator? 
• How did you feel you did in terms of presenting your position and interacting with your classmates?
•  How was your experience exploring a viewpoint you personally agreed with or disagreed with?
• What is RIGHT with our immigration system?
• What is WRONG with our immigration system?
• What is the United States' role or responsibility as a "world power?"

Additional Questions for HONORS sections to consider can be found here. Please select at least 3 of these questions to address in your reflection as well.

Honors reflection may exceed 2 pages.

IF YOU DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN YESTERDAY'S FISHBOWL, whether you were absent, unprepared, just didn't talk, etc. Please use the time to type up your preparation notes, describing the arguments you would have made in the discussion and submit that assignment instead of a reflection.

This reflection should be typed in word or docs and will be uploaded to powerschool

If you finish early...

Food For Thought

Your Thanksgiving Turkey Is a Quintessentially American Bird: An Immigrant

The 17th-Century English Who Settled in the Southern U.S. Had Very Little to be Thankful For 

Thanksgiving: A Native American View

The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday

11/22
Democratic Debate in Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=5KhSJd44qC4&feature=emb_logo

11/21

Do Now

Transcript of Last Night's Debate

Click here for each candidate's videos

Major back & forths

Talk Time Tracker

11/20 Wednesday

Do Now Survey


Quick Descriptions of viewpoints
More Strict = You want to have more border security, stricter enforcement, less immigration, harder to get in.
Less Strict = Less border security, less strict enforcement (maybe getting rid of ICE), easier to become a citizen or get a green card
Stay the Same = Your job is to defend specific aspects of our current immigration system. You don't believe it needs to be reformed.

Tonight's Debate
Complete the homework packet while watching the debate 9pm to 11pm. You may also watch it on Thursday. On TV it will be on Telemundo in Spanish, or on NBC. You can livestream on Washington Post or MSNBC.

Sources for Policy Discussion:
Use the following links to help guide your research for Monday's discussion

More Strict
http://www.ox.ac.uk/Research/controlling-immigration-good-democracy

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/trump-clinton-immigration-economy-unemployment-jobs-214216

https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/illegal-immigration-crime

https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/winter-2019/melting-pot-or-civil-war-son-immigrants-makes-case-against-open-borders

Neutral
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/left-immigration-open-borders

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/radical-immigration-centrism-can-work-if-only-we-agree-on-the-facts

https://prospect.org/health/two-sides-immigration-policy/

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process.html

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/how-united-states-immigration-system-works

Less Strict
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/open-borders-immigration.html

https://www.niskanencenter.org/six-ways-immigration-reform-can-make-america-great/

http://politicalcritique.org/opinion/2019/left-case-open-borders/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/08/517561046/how-americas-idea-of-illegal-immigration-doesnt-always-match-reality

https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/31036/why-so-many-people-in-the-northern-triangle-are-seeking-u-s-asylum

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/why-don%E2%80%99t-they-just-get-line

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/why-hiring-more-judges-would-reduce-immigration-court-backlogs/

Monday 11/18

1. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/why-does-us-need-immigration-reform

2. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/tackling-toughest-questions-immigration-reform

3. https://www.npr.org/2018/01/25/580222116/the-gops-evolution-on-immigration

4. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/17/key-facts-about-u-s-immigration-policies-and-proposed-changes/
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQnem4VxlBQ

Homework: Read the next article in sequence from the one you did in class 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 2 to 4, 4 to 5, 5 to 1.
Complete a 1-paragraph summary of the article (or video).

? Word Form ?

Bipartisan = both parties support it. (both democrats & republicans)
GOP = "Grand Old Party" = the republicans
Integral = very important to the point that it is required for something to work
Conservative = Holding traditional beliefs and values, cautious about changes.
Amnesty = Given an official pardon
Bearer - someone who brings something or holds something "the bearer of bad news"
Pundits = Political experts who often get asked their opinions on the news about issues

Documents for paper

CP Outline

Honors Instructions

ASE 11/14

Group 1 https://www.huffpost.com/ (Ariane, Maurice, Ajeliz)
Group 2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ (Arilyn, Talisa, Alex)
Group 3 https://www.foxnews.com/ (Jacob, Zy, Jaedyn)
Group 4 https://www.breitbart.com/ (Gabe, Savione, Anthony)

How did the impeachment hearings go yesterday?



Did the democrats or republicans do better?




 Is Trump in trouble?

Wonderful Wednesday 11/13

Homework: Completed draft. Once finished, self-assess and complete self-annotations detailing 3 specific things you can improve as you move to your final draft

11/12

Google Image Search Terms to help you in thinking about your aesthetic
"campaign poster"
"campaign flyer"
"campaign mailer"



ASE Link : "Here's what you need to know"

ASE Link
https://www.copyblogger.com/little-known-ways-to-write-fascinating-bullet-points/

Examples of candidates using bullets (did they do it well?!)
https://kamalaharris.org/equalpay/
https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-college-cancel-debt/

Friday 11/8

Some Potentially helpful pages (yes, citations. you're welcome.)

Andrews, Jeff. “Housing Policy and the 2020 Election: Where Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand.” Curbed, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2019, https://www.curbed.com/2019/6/19/18644798/democratic-primary-housing-policy-2020-president.

“Bernie Sanders on the Issues.” Bernie Sanders - Official Campaign Website, https://berniesanders.com/issues/.

“Cory's Plan for America.” Cory 2020, https://corybooker.com/issues/.

“Joe's Vision.” Joe Biden for President, https://joebiden.com/joes-vision/.

“Julián Castro Policies for 2020.” Julián Castro Policies for 2020, https://issues.juliancastro.com/.

Kurtzleben, Danielle, et al. “Health Care: See Where The 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand.” NPR, NPR, 10 Sept. 2019, https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/758172208/health-care-see-where-the-2020-democratic-candidates-stand.

“On the Issues · Amy Klobuchar for President: Let's Get to Work!” Amy Klobuchar for President: Let's Get to Work!, https://amyklobuchar.com/issues/.

“Our America.” Kamala Harris For The People, https://kamalaharris.org/issues/.

“Our Policies - Yang2020 - Andrew Yang for President.” Yang2020, https://www.yang2020.com/policies/.

“Pete Buttigieg for President - Issues.” Pete For America, https://peteforamerica.com/issues/.

“Plans: Elizabeth Warren.” Plans | Elizabeth Warren, https://elizabethwarren.com/plans.

“Tulsi's Record on the Issues.” Tulsi Gabbard for President, https://www.tulsi2020.com/record.

“Where All the Candidates Stand on 55 Issues Shaping the 2020 Race.” POLITICO, https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/.
[Politico has this site that tracks all of the candidates and where they stand on a variety of different issues. You could use this one to help you decide what is unique about your candidate, vs. what is similar to other candidates]

Friday Debrief

November! 11/01
Do Now:
http://philip-kearney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2016-election.png
Democratic Candidates

For this presentation, we will be in groups of 2-3 people, giving 3-4 minute PowerPoint presentations covering 4 topics:

Divide up these questions/slides between your group:

1. Introduce your candidate. (Backstory, previous/current job, what they’re most known for)
2. How are they doing in the current race for President? (Where do they stand in polling & in their fundraising numbers)
3. What is their stance on immigration. (see links below)
4. How does it differ from Donald Trump’s and current immigration policies in the US? (what would they change & what do they disagree with about Trump’s actions)
5. Works Cited - (MLA) make a 5th slide listing sources - use candidate's website and one to two more sources you find

ROLES:
1 - Slide Creator (make slides and type in information)
2 - Facilitator (find resources and make sure group is on task)
3 - Editor (make sure the presentation has no mistakes, put slides together, keep citations)

Sample
CP Grading Rubric
Honors Grading Rubric
Groups--->

Bernie Sanders:
(11.1) Ziarre, Christian, Lennox, Ninoshka (11.2) Josh, Jesse, Alex (11.3) Pam, Anglis, Travon (11.4)
Joe Biden:
(11.1) Vivica, Kaleb, Jose (11.2) Lydia, Izana'je, Kendrick (11.3) Taylor, Cam, Shea (11.4)
Elizabeth Warren:
(11.1) Matthew, Yeisylie, Kinara, Kristian (11.2) Ashir, Brian, Brayan (11.3) Eric, Isa, Jesaiah (11.4) Brianna, Caelan, Tavoy
Beto O'Rourke:
(11.1) (11.2) (11.3) (11.4)
Kamala Harris:
(11.1) Jalen, Taysha, Anthony (11.2) Cashea and Talisa (11.3) Arilyn and Alanie (11.4) Carlos, Erica, Savione
Cory Booker:
(11.1) Maurice, Javier, Arianne, Nathan (11.2) Neveah, Nadhir, Genesis (11.3) (11.4) Zion, Jacob, Joseph
Julián Castro:
(11.1) (11.2) Yoliany, Ajeliz, and Maddie (11.3) Shania, Angie, Aaron (11.4) Faith, Kyra, Chris
Andrew Yang:
(11.1) Lajuan, Zoey, Elissa (11.2) Deziray, Dilean (11.3) Aiden, Danielle, Donte (11.4) Jaedyn, Karelys, Janaé
Tulsi Gabbard
(11.1) (11.2) (11.3) Devon, Carineh, Jeremaiah (11.4) Jaylen, Alliyah, David
Sources--
(each candidates website)

https://berniesanders.com/

https://joebiden.com/

https://elizabethwarren.com/

https://peteforamerica.com/

https://betoorourke.com/

https://kamalaharris.org/

https://corybooker.com/

https://www.julianforthefuture.com/

https://amyklobuchar.com/

https://www.yang2020.com/

Fundraising
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-2020-democrats-candidates-have-raised-fundraising-2019-4

Polling
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/democratic_nomination_polls/

MLA Citation Machine
http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book