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*Grooming Children for Jihad: The Islamic State
1. Review - Infographic: The Screening Process for Refugee Entry into the United States A. What are the "main steps" of the screening process?B. About what percent of all global refugees are initially considered "strong candidates?" C. Which categories of traveler to the United States receive the highest level of security checks? D. Which U.S. security agencies conduct security checks on prospective refugees? 2. Review - "Current Travel Ban" A. The current "travel ban" B. Announced this week: U.S. to accept refugees again, with tougher screening for ‘high-risk’ applicants C. What is "extreme vetting"? D. And it has already been put on hold... 3. Continue "Evaluating Sources" HW - study for "Refugee Screening Process and the Current Travel Ban" quiz
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*Newsela Article - Comparing Syrian refugees to Jews during the Holocaust
1. Evaluating Sources - President Trumps Immigration Order
HW - Complete handout on the current travel ban 1. Evaluating Sources
2. Complete "Current Travel Ban" note sheet using the resources below. A. The current "travel ban" B. Announced this week: U.S. to accept refugees again, with tougher screening for ‘high-risk’ applicants C. What is "extreme vetting"? D. And it has already been put on hold... 1. For Children Caught in Syria’s War, 2016 Was Worst Year Yet, U.N. Says
Read article, and then answer the following questions. 1. "The issuance of the report came amid little sign that the war will be settled anytime soon. Emboldened by military victories with the aid of Russia and Iran, Mr. Assad has vowed to retake the entire country even as his negotiators have engaged with a coalition of opposition groups in talks brokered by the United Nations." The paragraph above most directly implies which of the following: A. The author expects the problem explained in the article to persist. B. The problem will soon be solved by significant military actions. C. International organizations are unlikely to be effective in addressing the problem. D. It will be hard to predict which combination of solutions may bring an end to the problem. 2. What is the author's purpose in including the final sentence below: "The United Nations special envoy for the Syria conflict, Staffan de Mistura, has said that he intends to hold another round of negotiations in Geneva on March 23." A. To convey the fact that many questions remain as to how best solve the problem B. To leave the reader with some sense of hope that a peaceful solution could still be found C. The communicate the sense that the issue is a long term problem D. To demonstrate the international scope of the problem 2. Key facts about refugees to the U.S. A. How many refugees settled in the US in 2016? B. Est. the average number of refugees over the past 5 years. C. Top 5 sending countries? D. Top 5 receiving states? E. Public Approval polling from Oct. 2016? F. How does recent polling compare to past polling on this issue? 3. Key Facts about refugees in Maine 4. Infographic: The Screening Process for Refugee Entry into the United States A. What are the "main steps" of the screening process?B. About what percent of all global refugees are initially considered "strong candidates?" C. Which categories of traveler to the United States receive the highest level of security checks? D. Which U.S. security agencies conduct security checks on prospective refugees? 1. Finish "Salaam Neighbor"
2. "Salam Neighbor" Post Viewing Questions (Quiz Grade) Please copy and paste these questions in an electronic document 1. What resonated (stuck with you) most with you from the film? 2. What questions did the film raise for you? What are you left wondering about? 3. What surprised you most about the lives of refugees in Za’atari? 4. What are some of the biggest problems for refugees in the camp? What about those in the urban towns and cities? How are these struggles different? 5. Do you believe we should welcome refugees into our own communities? Why or why not? 6. If we did welcome refugees into our communities, what needs you think they’ll have? 1. Review "Salaam Neighbor" Viewing Guide answers
2. Continue "Salaam Neighbor" 1. Debrief - Mapping a Refugee's Journey
2. Critical Reading Practice: "Syria's Civil War Explained" 3. Being Salam Neighbor
HW - none 1. Why so many refugees from Sudan?
2. Immigration and Refugee Vocab Quiz 3. Mapping One Refugees Journey**
**Here is an example of what your map might look like: HW - Complete your refugee's journey map. Take a photo of your map and upload to eBackpack Assignment #3.
*What might force you (and your family) to abandon your home and leave your country?
1. Syria: The World's Largest Refugee Crisis 2. Immigration and Refugee Crisis 3. Mapping the Refugee Crisis *Refugee and IDP Data Instructions: Use the information from the data sheet, “Refugee and IDP Data—2014,” to complete the map, following the steps below. Use different colors and patterns to shade relevant sections of the map and the map key. Several countries—Syria, Turkey, and Sudan—will need to be shaded in twice. Following the suggestions below for when to use a pattern and when to use a color will help you be able to do this. 1. Where do most internally displaced people live? Choose a pattern, and shade in “Most IDPs” on the map key. Use the data sheet to identify these ve countries, and shade them on the map. 2. Where are most refugees from? Choose a color, and shade in “Top countries of origin” on the map key. Use the data sheet to iden- tify these ve countries, and shade them on the map. 3. Where do most refugees go? Choose a second color, and shade in “Top host countries” on the map key. Use the data sheet to identify these ve countries, and shade them on the map. 4. Where do most refugees apply for asylum? Choose a second pattern, and shade in “Most asylum applications” on the map key. Use the data sheet to identify these ve countries, and shade them on the map. HW - Quiz on "Key Terms" vocab above 1. Finish Debate!
2. Work on completing the "Debate Note Sheet" (Quiz grade) 3. New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries 4. An excerpt from the opinion piece Making Canada Great Again? (1) "The truth is that if Trump really wants to put America first, he’s doing it all wrong. If he keeps up his anti-immigration push, the United States’ polite neighbor to the north could soon be eating Americans’ lunch. (2) It’s hard to overstate the role that foreign-born talent plays, and has long played, in America’s leadership and economic competitiveness in the fields of science and tech. For much of its history, the United States was the most open and welcoming country in the world, with the best universities and the most vibrant industries and opportunities—the place global talent wanted, and needed, to be. As of 2013, foreign-born workers in STEM fields—science, technology engineering and math--accounted for nearly a fifth of workers with bachelor’s degrees in the United States, 40 percent of those with master’s degrees and more than half of those with Ph.D.s. In the San Jose metro area, consisting largely of Silicon Valley, immigrants comprise more than 55 percent of adults who hold advanced degrees. In Los Angeles and San Francisco, immigrants make up roughly a third of all advanced degree holders. In Seattle and Washington, D.C., it’s about a quarter. And in Boston, immigrants make up 20 percent of all those with graduate degrees. As of 2012, immigrants also served as founders of a quarter of all U.S. companies and more than 40 percent of tech startups in Silicon Valley. (3) While Trump’s “America first” posture and moves to restrict immigration are damaging America’s ability to attract talent, the United States has been facing increased competition for such talent in recent years. America has fallen behind other nations in terms of its overall share of foreign-born residents, with immigrants making up roughly 13 percent of the U.S. population as of 2013, compared with 20 percent for Canada and almost 30 percent for Switzerland and Australia. This is largely a matter of other countries becoming more open to immigrants and, in particular, getting better at attracting more highly skilled and educated foreigners. (4) In that, Canada has excelled. Its immigration system is a points-based system that rates immigrants on their education, skills and work experience, as well as family relationships and community ties. (A bill Trump is backing to cut legal immigration to the United States would use a similar points system to prioritize immigrants.) Over the summer, Canada launched an additional fast-track visa program for high-skilled workers. In Canada, immigrants today comprise about a third of all adults with a university degree. Canada’s foreign-born residents are particularly versed in science, technology, engineering and math, making up about half of the nation’s STEM degrees. Immigrants also comprise about 60 percent of Canada’s engineering degrees, 56 percent of its math and computer science degrees, and 40 percent of its science and technology degrees—higher percentages than the United States. (5) Meanwhile, Canada’s tech industry is beginning to challenge America’s for talent, especially in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which promise to revolutionize the way we live and work in coming decades. Not a single one of the six leading scientists and technologists in these fields was born in the United States, and only two are currently based there. Three are from the UK, two are from France, one is from China and another two are based in Canada. One of these Canadian scientists, the University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton, is perhaps the leading figure in the entire field. Hinton left the United States for Canada during the 1980s for political reasons—he did not want his research funded by the American military. In the years since, Google has followed Hinton and built a lab for him in Toronto. Another leading deep-learning researcher, Yoshua Bengio, is a French immigrant to Canada and a professor at the University of Montreal. Microsoft recently established a new research facility in that city to be close to him. Google also established a major AI research facility in Edmonton to be close to the University of Alberta’s Rich Sutton, another Canadian superstar. And in May, Uber announced it was setting up its Advanced Technologies Group in Toronto to be close to the University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun, a Spanish immigrant who is one of the world leaders in getting machines to see and understand the environment around them—a key technology used in driverless vehicles." A. What is the author's central claim (main point, main argument)? B. Explain one piece of evidence (example) used by the author in paragraph #2 to support his claim: "It’s hard to overstate the role that foreign-born talent plays, and has long played, in America’s leadership and economic competitiveness in the fields of science and tech." C. What immigration policy, does the author promote in paragraph #4? A. As used in the first sentence of paragraph #5, "revolutionize" most nearly means:
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