1. Six Californias? http://www.sixcalifornias.co m/ NPR Article: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo- way/2014/07/15/331694432/plan-to-make-6- states-out-of-california-may-head-to-ballot

2. North America A very heterogeneous ethnic society. https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=QOeuMymIezg How can culture bring people together and pull people apart?

3. Immigration in the News “Texas residents near Mexican border watch immigrants enter U.S. illegally each day”. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/residents-watch-immigrants-cross- u-s-border-illegally-article-1.1866800 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/residents-watch-immigrants-cross- u-s-border-illegally-article-1.1866800 We will read the article together and discuss as a class. Rick Perry in Texas “What has to be addressed is the security of the border” Video: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/16/mis perceptions-about-us-immigration-policy-behind- surge-illegal-children-report/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/16/mis perceptions-about-us-immigration-policy-behind- surge-illegal-children-report/ Vs.

4. U.S. Immigration Debate Immigration for Dummies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iheb2HqZPiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iheb2HqZPiw Read “The Great Immigration Debate” in groups of three. For each of the seven sections within the reading, you will summarize each section and make two summary bullet points for each section together as a group on a half sheet of paper (see example).

5. “Unless you are Native American, you came from somewhere else.” -President Obama

6. Canadian Immigration from Asia Power of Place “Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada” Vancouver: Hong Kong East. http://www.learner.org/series/po werofplace/page25.html http://www.learner.org/series/po werofplace/page25.html