Immigration to the United States: Enduring Understandings

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Welcome to the Immigration Libguide.

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Enduring Understandings for the study of Immigration:

• Critical thinking is essential for making informed decisions and developing original ideas.
• Where we live and how we live affect who we are.
• Learning about ourselves and others, past and present,allows us to effectively interact in a global society.
• Culture is both a product and a producer of the values and ideas of a society and its people.
• The success of our democratic society depends on the responsible actions of its citizens.

Essential Questions:

• immigration effects the development of the political, social and economic systems of the U.S. 

• knowledge of a foreign culture/change in an individual. 

• there are circumstances why people leave their homeland and start a new life in a foreign country.