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section 1

A First Look

A.Background Building

1.Ask your classmates questions about the illustration on the preceding page.

2.If you put cheese, milk and butter into a pot and cook it, what happens to these ingredients? Is the mixture smooth or lumpy?

3.The title of this chapter is "A Country of Immigrants." What kinds of people came to the U.S.? Where were they from? Why did they come? Complete this chart. Compare your information with a classmate's information.

B. Topic

DIRECTIONS: Before you begin to read, look at these topics. There is one topic for each paragraph. Look quickly at the reading to find these topics. Do not read every word at this point. Write the number of the paragraph next to the topic of that paragraph.

1.examples of different types of neighborhoods

2.the different faces of immigrants in the United States

3.diversity in American society

4.history of immigration in the United States

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С. Reading

DIRECTIONS: Now read.

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React

Is there some information in the reading you want to know more about? Underline the sentence(s) where you find this information. Talk to your classmates and teacher about it.

D. Scanning/Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Scan the reading for these words. Write the number of the line where you find them. Then compare its meaning in the sentence to the meaning of the word(s) on the right. Are the words similar or different? Write similar or dif- ferent on the line.

Ε. Reading Comprehension

DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter of the choice that best completes each sentence.

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section 2

Look Again

A.Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter of the choice that best completes each sentence.

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В. Reading Comprehension

DIRECTIONS: Complete this outline of the reading.

Francisco and New York, (11) _____and (12)_____________________________

are examples of neighborhoods made up of one race. An example of a religious

4.Conclusion

The writer thinks that American society is (15) mixed/not mixed.

СThink About It

1.Do you know any immigrants or children of immigrants?

2.If yes, where do they live? Do they live near other people with the same back­ ground? The same language? The same religion?

3.Think of a neighborhood in a city in the United States and answer these questions. Name or location of the neighborhood:

Is this neighborhood mixed or homogeneous?

Type of people who live there:_____________________________________________

4. What is the neighborhood like where you live?

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D. Reading

DIRECTIONS: Look at Figure 1 and answer the questions below.

Figure

1.What information does Figure 1 show?

2.Which group, people from Europe, Asia, or the Americas, has had the most immigrants to the U.S.?

3.Between 1850 and 1860, about how many Europeans immigrated to the United States?

4.During what period was there the greatest amount of immigration?

5.At some time between 1841 and 1990, the American government passed a law limiting the number of immigrants who could come to the United States. By looking at the graph, can you guess when this happened? When?

6.During which period was European immigration lower than immigration (a) from the Americas? (b) from Asia?

7.According to Figure 1, which group has the most immigrants now?

section 3

Contact a Point of View

A.Background Building

1.The person in the above illustration is called a/an

2.What do you know about the history of these people in the United States?

B.Timed Reading

DIRECTIONS: Read the following point of view and answer the questions in five minutes.

My name is Haske Noswood. I am a native American, a Navajo. You probably know native Americans as "Indians" and associate us with cowboys and western movies.

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Most people forget that we were the first Americans, that we were here before any white men. Once, the Navajo and other native American groups lived well. Some of us hunted; some of us farmed. Most of us moved from place to place according to the season. We did not beUeve in land ownership. This was our downfall. We believed that land belonged to all people.

The white people thought differently. They came to our lands and divided it up among themselves. They took our land. We did not under­ stand until it was too late. They tricked us and forced us all onto these reservations. They "gave" us this reservation land. There is reservation land all over the country. There is the Норі reservation in Arizona and the Cherokee reservation in Tennessee. But this reservation land is al­ most always the worst land. They often put us on land that no one else wanted.

A lot of people have left the reservation to get good jobs or an edu­ cation. But I am staying on the reservation because my people have many problems and I want to help them.

DIRECTIONS: Read each of the following statements carefully to determine whether each is true (T), false (Fj, or impossible to know (ITKj.

1.A reservation is a city.

2.The Navajo reservation is in New Mexico.

3.The Cherokee reservation is in Arizona.

4.High taxes are one of the problems on the reservation.

5.There are few opportunities for work on the reservation.

6.Haske Noswood lives in New Mexico.

7.All native Americans live in one area of the country.

8.The reservation land is often bad land.

9.Each native American owned a piece of land.

10.Haske is a hunter.

СVocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter of the word(s) with the same meaning as the italicized word(s).

D. React

DIRECTIONS: Share your ideas with a classmate or with the class. Answer the following questions.

1.Who were the first people in your country?

2.How many different groups of people are there in your country now?

3.What is(are) the language(s) in your country?

4.What is(are) the race(s) in your country?

5.What is(are) the religion(s) in your country?

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