I wonder...

Click here for Friday's slideshow/assignment.

Chapter 10

Indigenous Cultures click here.

Latin America map lab

Maps/visuals click here.

Challenge 3 questions click here.

Challenge 4 questions click here.

Latin America

Region introduction pages click here.

Borderland

Click here for NPR's Borderland series.

Please note, the site will not work in Explorer.  You will need to use Mozilla/Firefox, Chrome, or Safari.

Immigration paper

Go to the illegal immigration section on the website procon.org.  (Click here)

On that page choose one of the following topics to focus on:

• Is illegal immigration an economic burden to the United States?
• Was a fence along the border a good solution to illegal immigration?
• Should immigrants in the US illegally have access to social services?
• Should immigrants in the US illegally who are parents of US citizen minors be deported?

Take notes for BOTH sides of the argument using the Discussion Web thinking chart (see sample here). Remember, being fully informed is being aware of all aspects of the issue.

Use the information you've gathered to pick a side, to make your claim.  Write this out as an occasion/position (OP) statement.

What is an OP statement?  Click here for a handy guide.

That OP statement is going to be the beginning of your introductory paragraph.

Here's some transitions that can be used in argumentative writing.