Thursday, October 24, 2013
Chapter 15 thoughts
As the semester continues, this class has taught me alot about immigrants that I didn't really know about. The most fascinating group from this chapter were the Cubans because I barely knew any history about them so this chapter open my eyes and informed about how Cubans lived once the immigrated to the United States. Now I have gain such knowledge on certain ethnic groups I wasn't too certain about in the past because it wasn't taught in my previous history classes.
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Yes, I have to agree that one of the best things about this class is learning the history and sometimes the general existence of ethnic groups/ immigrants that we would never otherwise know about. For example, the Ancestry Project really helped me connect with my own immigration roots that I never would have known about if it wasn't for this class and access to Ancestry.com. None of my other history classes put too much focus on immigration and it's importance to the building of this country- unless it was to talk about the 3 myths which is still being taught as fact. Delving further into immigration has helped debunk a lot of myths in general.
ReplyDeleteI second that! Not only did I learn a lot about other ethnicities and the process they had to go through while trying to settle in America, it was also very interesting to see the numbers and statistics that represent the total amount of immigrants. It gave me a clearer picture of the massive flow of immigration. Also, I found it very exciting to read about my ethnicity and be able to match the information from the textbook with what I have observed or heard from my own family members.
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