immigration research

You read about someone from Japan who came here to study.

The New York Times did research about immigration in U.S. history. It's very interesting.

On this immigration map, find your country and your partner's.

At the top, click on ARRIVALS and DEPARTURES. What do you learn?


http://migrationsmap.net/#/JPN/arrivals

What information do you find about them? Choose choose three other countries on three different continents (for example, Africa, Asia and Europe).  What do you learn about them?

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The U.S. is a melting pot.

  "What does 'melting pot' mean?"


Look at the map starting in the year 1880 to the present.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html

Look at California. Find one "county" (different from "country") that had a lot of immigrants in 2000. How many immigrants were there and what was the total population?

Then look at the same California county in 1800. How many immigrants were there then? What was the total population in the county in 1800.

Look at New York. Find a county in New York and compare number of immigrants and population in 2000, 1910 and 1800 (3 different years).



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Click on New York. Look at "Student demographics." What are the 5 ethnic groups? How has the percentage of each changed in the last 13 years?

http://projects.nytimes.com/immigration/enrollment


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The next chart shows the relationship between immigration and economic growth.

Questions: What are the 5 fastest growing metro areas (cities)?

What are the 5 slowest growing metro areas?

Is immigration a bigger share of the labor force (more workers) in the slower growing regions or the faster growing regions?

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/04/16/us/16skilled_graphic.html

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Please look at the article Kevin gave you last week. The title is "Behavior in Public: Japan and The U.S."