The swearing in of new United States citizens in Portland. Photo taken on August 16, 2018. A list of upcoming naturalization ceremonies like this can be found here.
Welcome to finals week! Today we started with presentations (if any groups wanted to go) and watched a documentary on the process for naturalization/legal immigration to the United States. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 3: I can work effectively within a team or group.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Soundtrack: "Natural Blues" by Moby. Selected for today because of how difficult the naturalization process to become a United States citizen is! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 1/22/19:
News Brief – Bailey
Presentations?
Citizen USA
Discussion
News Brief: Bailey had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: GoDucks.com - Ducks Use Big First Quarter to Wallop Wildcats.
Faith M. also brought in a news story, since she missed last class: CNN.com - Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to go into effect.
After discussing the stories, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Anusha was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Presentations?: During this part of class, I asked if any groups were prepared and ready to present (along with having their group packet printed and ready). Here's the assignment again:
Here is the list of groups to present:
Finally, here is the sheet for notes that I passed out to the class:
Citizen USA: This was a short documentary (available streaming on HBO GO - if you do not have it, do not worry, as I will not ask students who missed this to make it up). Here are the questions I had students answer as we watched the documentary:
Here is a list of dates for citizenship/naturalization ceremonies in Portland, if you are interested in attending one, after having seen them in the documentary! I attended one in August 2018 to see what it was like, which must have been the first one I have attended since
USCourts.gov - Oregon Naturalization Ceremonies
Discussion: We did not get to this today, due to the presentation, and will hope to finish next time! See you next class, for our final period of the semester! If you did not present today, you will be asked to go next class.
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