Description

Overview:

In this activity, students watch short clips of the PBS/A Bill Moyers Special production ofBecoming American: The Chinese Experience(2003). The documentary clips and accompanying materials cover the arrival of Chinese in California, their work on the transcontinental railroad, the passage of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, and the Angel Island immigration facility. At the end of the activity, students complete a short writing task on whether not to immigrate to the United States from the perspective of a young Chinese man.

Subject:

U.S. History

Level:

High School

Material Type:

Activity/Lab

Provider:

City University of New York

Provider Set:

Social History for Every Classroom

Date Added:

11/21/2019