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Becoming America Year 2
=**Fall Seminar 8**= Thursday, November 4, 2010 Location: Online Seminar

**Scheduled topic:**
**//The Nativist Tradition: Anti-Immigrant Movements in U.S. History //**  Ed O’Donnell, Ph.D., Holy Cross College  Launch the online multimedia presentation by clicking on the image above. The presentation requires an internet browser with Adobe Flash installed. Most browsers already have Flash installed. (Flash is a free software download).

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Readings:
 * 1) Thomas J. Archdeacon, Chapter III, “Natives and Newcomers: Confrontation,” in idem. Becoming American:An Ethnic History, 57 - 84.

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**POST SEMINAR REFLECTIONS** Please click on your grade level conceptual question to post your reflection after the seminar. Overarching Focus: How have immigrants fought for American citizenship, 1840-1912? How did immigrants imagine freedom as they interpreted the founding documents? || ** Grade 5 ** What were immigrants' claims on citizenship? || ** Grades 8-10 ** How did immigrants respond to America's systemic inequalitites? ||
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