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| List of Activities | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Background | |
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| Why Learn about Refugees? | |
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| Goals of This Curriculum | |
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| Using This Curriculum | |
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| Learning about Refugees: An Overview | |
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| Activities | |
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| Fact or Fiction? An Introductory Activity | |
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| Fact or Fiction? Cards | |
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| Information Cards | |
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| What's the News? A Current-Events and Geography Activity | |
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| "Three Strikes--You're Out!" An Introduction to Refugee Studies | |
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| Asylum Application | |
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| Where Do They Come From? Where Do They Go? | |
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| U.S. Admissions Statistics | |
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| Resettlement and Asylum Statistics | |
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| Packing Your Suitcase: A Simulation Activity | |
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| Refugees and U.S. History | |
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| Background | |
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| Historical Overview of Global Refugee Movements | |
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| Refugees in U.S. History | |
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| U.S. Immigration and Refugee Policy Timeline | |
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| Growth of a Nation: A Historical Perspective on Immigrants and Refugees in the United States | |
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| Activities | |
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| Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe: 1890-1990: Case Studies in Changing Policy and Circumstances | |
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| Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe: 1890-1990, Historical Overview | |
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| Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe: 1890-1990, Case Studies | |
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| From Exclusion to Acceptance: Restrictions Against Asian Immigrants and Refugees During the Last 150 Years | |
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| From Exclusion to Acceptance: Restrictions Against Asian Immigrants ... | |
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| Getting the Words Right: A Vocabulary Activity Using Immigration and Refugee Terms | |
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| Getting the Words Right: A Vocabulary Activity... | |
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| Interpreting Cartoons: Refugees in the United States as Seen Through Editorial Cartoons | |
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| Refugees in Political Cartoons | |
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| The Numbers Tell the Story: Interpreting Timelines and Charts | |
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| The Numbers Tell the Story: Interpreting Timelines and Charts | |
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| Refugees and the United States Today | |
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| Background | |
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| United States Refugee and Asylum Policy | |
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| Applying for Refugee Status and Asylum in the United States | |
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| Activities | |
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| United States Refugee Law: Case Studies of Refugees in the United States | |
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| Interpreting U.S. Refugee Law (Part 1): The Case of Canas-Segovia ... | |
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| Interpreting U.S. Refugee Law (Part 2): The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court ... | |
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| A Well-Founded Fear of Persecution? The Case of Florvil Samedi | |
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| You Be the Judge: A Mock Trial to Determine Eligibility for Asylum | |
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| How Far Should We Open the Door? Judging Criteria for Deciding How Many Refugees to Admit | |
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| How Far Should We Open the Door? | |
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| Are Some More Equal than Others? Evaluating Who Should be Granted Asylum | |
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| Are Some More Equal that Others? | |
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| How Generous Are We? Statistics about Refugee Assistance and Asylum | |
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| Who's Paying the Bill? | |
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| Top Donors to Refugee Relief in 1993 | |
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| Asylum Cases Filed with U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Directors | |
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| Locking Up Refugees? Practicing and Analyzing Discussion Skills | |
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| Detention of Persons Seeking Asylum in the United States | |
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| Sanctuary and the Law: A Decision-Making Activity | |
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| The Sanctuary Movement in the United States | |
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| A Case of Sanctuary | |
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| Crossing the Schoolhouse Border: Determining Responsibility for Helping Refugees Adjust to a New School | |
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| Voices of Refugee Schoolchildren | |
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| My Story by "Rebeca Rivera" | |
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| Calculating the Escape | |
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| Human Rights Abuses in Haiti | |
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| Calculating the Escape: Problems | |
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| Using the Movie El Norte in the Classroom: Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities | |
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| Refugees and Your Community | |
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| Background | |
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| Refugees in Your Community | |
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| Organizations Working for Refugees | |
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| Activities | |
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| Refugees in Your Community: A Cooperative Fact-Finding Activity | |
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| Refugees in Your Community: Assessing What You Already Know | |
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| Refugees in Your Community: Verifying and Expanding Your Information | |
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| Refugees in Your Community: Compiling Your Investigation Results | |
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| You Can Do More: Activities Involving Refugees in Your Community | |
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| The Power of the Pen: A Letter-Writing Activity | |
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| Writing Letters that Have an Effect | |
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| Facts for Letter Writing | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Immigration and Refugee Terms | |
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| Refugees and the United States: A Teaching Bibliography | |
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| Refugee Filmography | |
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| Directory of Refugee Resources | |
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| The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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| Official Version | |
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| Colloquial Version | |
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| Index | |