{"id":70965,"date":"2017-08-23T08:32:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=70965"},"modified":"2017-08-13T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T18:32:50","slug":"immigration-in-a-changing-world-identity-citizenship-and-belonging-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=70965","title":{"rendered":"Immigration in a Changing World: Identity, Citizenship, and Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 21 &#8211; August 25<br \/>\nLocation: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/immigration.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[70965]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70961\" title=\"Immigration in a Changing World: Identity, Citizenship, and Belonging\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/immigration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to be an American? Who may become an American? In this seminar from Facing History and Ourselves, participants will explore these questions as they consider the history and contemporary realities of immigration in the United States. We will consider how the choices and actions of immigrants have shaped ideas about freedom and democracy and influenced what it means to be American. The seminar will highlight the experiences of Chinese Americans from the 1800s to the present and raise questions about tensions between race, democracy, and citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended for 6-12th grade U.S. history, civics, American studies, humanities, or English language arts teachers committed to implementing a four-week Facing History unit.<\/p>\n<p>In this seminar you will:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Discover interdisciplinary teaching strategies and classroom activities that reinforce historical and literacy skills.<br \/>\n\u2022 Explore resources that will enable you to create a four-week or longer unit on immigration using Facing History\u2019s case study, \u201cBecoming American: The Chinese Experience,\u201d and infuse it into your U.S. history or literature curriculum.<br \/>\n\u2022 Receive a free copy of Facing History\u2019s study guide, Becoming American: The Chinese Experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21 &#8211; August 25 Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70966,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70965\/revisions\/70966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}