Is America a melting pot or a salad bowl?  In the 1800s and early 1900s, immigrants came to American mainly from Europe.  Now the influx of immigrants from other countries such as Asia and Latin American is greater.  How does America change with each wave of immigrants?  What challenges do these minority groups face within the larger American community?  How are their challenges both similar and different from the obstacles that other minority groups face? 

To learn about various minority groups, we will undertake a group reading project in which each group will choose one minority group to study.  The 2-3 member group will need to choose a novel, a movie/video, a respected article, 3-5 poems, and three separate, quality websites to read and analyze as part of this project.  All group members are responsible for reading/viewing all of the group's texts.

Here’s a beginning list of possibilities, but you are not at all confined to this list:  (I will approve your choices before you begin reading though.)  Ideally you will read works from the last 30 years. 

* At least one student or group has studied this book previously, and it seemed to work well.  Talk to Mrs. Bush for specific information.

This project will include a written portion, a speech (with a visual media), an excerpt of the text (about 2 pages) for the class to read, and in your presentation you must interact with the audience—with a line of questioning or some other type of activity. 

More questions will be distributed for your consideration.  For the time being, choose a peer group, a minority group, and begin looking for and reading/viewing your texts.  By Monday, please submit a list of texts which your group plans to read.