Chinese Citizenship in Hawaii
Overview
Students analyze early 19th-century arguments against citizenship for Chinese immigrants to Hawaii and one journalist’s rebuttal to that “defense”, then investigate arguments for and against an immigrant group in America today and compare the historical and contemporary debates.
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Grade
High School, Middle School
Subjects
Civics, English Language Arts
Length
minutes
Topics
Chinese, Hawaii, arguments, citizenship, civil rights, guided primary source analysis, immigrants, immigration
Author
Primary Source Nexus
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