American Identity
Cultural Mosaic
Values
Vocabulary
Writing
100
America has different people of different ages and of different ethnic backgrounds. These differences mean something.
What is diverse
100
person who moves from one country to another
What is an immigrant
100
fairness
What is justice
100
differences
What is diversity
100
Who, What Where, When and Why
What are the 5W's
200
People have not only moved from farms to cities. They have also moved from north to south and the west. These states in the south and west are warm weather states.
What are sunbelt states
200
small tiles of different sizes, shapes and colors
What is a mosaic
200
same rights and opportunities
What is equality
200
unfair treatment of a group of people compared with another group
What is discrimination
200
typical pargraph length
What is 5-7 sentences
300
Your Dentist/the person who fixes your car/an uber driver
What are service jobs
300
This European country appeared to have the largest impact on American settlement
What is Germany
300
ability to make choices
What is freedom
300
belief that members of one's own race are superior to those of other races
What is racism
300
RAFT
What restate question, answer, for example, tie it together
400
the baby boomers were born between these years
What are 1946-1964
400
These two groups experienced discrimination through racism and exclusion laws throughout their settlement in America.
What are African Americans and Asian Americans
400
belief in equal respect for all
What is the American Dream
400
a survey that is taken of the population every 10 years
What is a census
500
During the baby boom, did the population increase or decrease?
What is increase
500
During the years 1991-2000 we saw the largest influx of immigrants form this group
Who were the Hispanic Americans
500
certain ideas that we trust are true and standards of behavior
What are beliefs and values
500
this term reflects the idea that people from all over the world came to the US and melted into American society
What is melting pot
500
CTOPS
What are capitalization, tense, organization, punctuation, spelling