California Immigrants

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This is an 8 chapter book about California Immigrants written at an eighth grade level. It includes photos, charts, graphs, and tables. The book ends with a glossary with easy definitions for 10 key terms per chapter. There is also a pdf with a worksheet for each chapter.

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California Immigrants Outline

Chapter 1: Did you know that 1 in 4 people living in California were born in another country? Learn more facts about California immigration statistics in this chapter!

Chapter 2: Did you know that, from 1908 to 1965, the United States outlawed most Asian immigration? Learn more about the history of immigration in the United States and California in this chapter!

Chapter 3: Did you know the United States has something called a diversity lottery? People from countries that don’t send many immigrants to the United States can enter for free and win a Green Card visa. Learn more about the visa system and path to citizenship in this chapter!

Chapter 4: Did you know that one of the first laws against school segregation in the United States resulted from a Mexican immigrant trying to send his kids to their neighborhood school in California? Learn more about Mexican immigrants in this chapter!

Chapter 5: Did you know that people in the Philippines go to nursing school just so they can get the chance to come work as a nurse in the United States? Learn more about Filipino immigrants in this chapter!

Chapter 6: Did you know that when a country turns from a progressive, tolerant nation into a strict religious one, the most educated people flee the country? Learn about Iranian immigrants and Iran’s brain drain in this chapter!

Chapter 7: Did you know that, while international adoption can be a wonderful blessing, it can also be full of scandal from buying and selling babies to switching identities? Learn about the rise and fall of various country’s international adoption programs and what life is like for California’s internationally adopted immigrants in this chapter!

Chatper 8: Did you know that California is no longer attracting the percentage of immigrants that it used to? Learn about why California is loosing immigrants and other 21st century trends in this chapter.

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