Wednesday, April 30, 2014

WEBQUEST

Go to this website and read each of the 11 stories and answer the questions below. http://apps.npr.org/borderland/#_/to-the-border
Write answers on your own paper and turn in when finished.
Immigration Webquest
Story 1: Just Getting There
1. Who lives at La Posada Providencia Shelter?
2. Where is the shelter?
3. How much money did the route to the U.S. cost Saraa?
4. How many countries did she have to go through?
5. Who are “connection men”?
6. What happened to Saraa’s youngest sister?
7. Why is she staying at La Posada?
8. Where are some of the other asylum seekers from? (name 5)
9. What does a person have to do in order to receive political asylum in the U.S.?
10. What is the percentage of asylum applications that are accepted every year?
11. What do you think will happen to Saraa and her husband if she has her baby while in asylum? Will her baby be a U.S. citizen if she is in asylum?
Story 2: Why the Border is where it is
1. in 1821, which current U.S. states were formerly part of Mexico?
2. When did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
3. When was Texas created?
4. When did the Gadsen Purchase take place?
Story 3: Fence Facts
1. How long is the border?
2. Why is only 1/3 of the border fenced?
3. What is on the fence?
4. Where is there a portion of fence designed to stop vehicles? What does it look like?
5. What was the point of the first government-sponsored fence?
6. Who was the President when the amount of fencing and the number of border patrol agents began to expand?
7. What did the Secure Fence Act require?
Story 4: What’s it Like?
1. What are the differences in opinion of Cmdr. Robert Harris and former agent Dob Cunningham?
2. What does Ulises Elias find beneficial about being near the border?
3. What is Tohono O’odham Nation?
4. Would you, as a U.S. citizen like to live near the border? Why or why not?
Story 5: Empty Houses
1. Is the homicide rate in Juarez going up or down?
2. Why were/are so many murders being committed?
3. Why did people abandon their homes?
4. Describe the look of the homes in the photos.
5. The words “se vende” are spray painted on lots of the homes. What does it mean?
Story 6: Junior
1. Where does Junior live?
2. What happened in 2010?
3. Why did Junior’s mom move back to Mexico?
4. Why did he stay?
5. Who does he live with?
6. What does Junior worry about?
Story 7: Snack Time
1. Where does the word “tostilocos” come from?
2. Where did tostilocos originate?
3. What are the 9 ingredients?
4. Would you try it or maybe a variation of it?
5. Do you make a mix of something that other people think is gross/good? What is it? (I like to eat Reese’s cups on cheese pizza)
Story 8: Toothbrushes
1. Why are things left behind at the border?
2. What do a lot of undocumented immigrants assume is a good way to avoid detection?
3. Why would they think this, in your opinion?
4. Why wouldn’t a person trying to cross the rough terrain wear hiking boots?
5. What do they wear instead?
6. Why is it more dangerous for women to attempt to cross?
Story 9: Apprehension
1. What is the fence like along Hidalgo, TX?
2. What were some of the things the author could see from on top of the wall?
3. How many unaccompanied minors were picked up at the border in 2012?
4. What were the border patrol agents doing in the woods?
5. Describe the detainees.
6. Why were the Border Patrol agents held up in taking the detainees to the station?
Story 10: Wanna buy a hammock?
1. Who are the vendors trying to sell things to?
2. How much money does one vendor say he can make in a day?
3. Name some of the things they sell.
Story 11: Palabras/Words
1. What can the use of English or Spanish along the border reveal about a person?
2. What are all the terms for migrants who cross the border without permission?
3. What do you call someone who lives in the U.S. or was born in the U.S. that has Mexican ancestry?

Since you started the webquest:
1. How many vehicles crossed the border legally?
2. How many pedestrians have crossed legally?
3. How many people have been detained for illegal entry?
4. How many pounds of marijuana have been seized?
5. How many ounces of cocaine have been seized?


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