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==Venn Diagram==

//[|Group A Venn Diagram.pdf] For when we get moving, Kris, I've added a blank copy of the Venn Diagram for us to edit. Wed am. Bernie//

Thanks. I hope you bear with me, I'm not the best with technology and still having some trouble trying to figure out how to use the Wiki site. Kris

// Here's a first draft, Kris. I slid in many of our thoughts. Feel free to edit away; We still have a couple of days, officially, to finish the diagram. Judy, if you see this, I have a formatting question, especially since the same observation applies to the diagram that Group C has on their space. The text lines all clunk together and overlap, at least until you click on each text box. Is there a way to fix that so that all three boxes can be cleanly read at once? I played around with some formatting options and haven't found the trick. Thanks. Sat 9 am. Bernie// Bernie, I looked over the diagram, everything looked good. I added a few things to the the interpretations of the cartoons that I thought of today and fixed a few typos. I really liked the way you stated our need for workers grew because we were unable to keep up "our home grown employees". I also did a little research and added two more websites that I got some interesting thoughts from. I think we are good to go. Sat. 8 pm. Kris //10-4. Looks good. The background links are good additions. Mon am. Bernie// ==Resources==
 * Bernie, just saw this after posting down below. I just scanned it quickly, but it looks good. I'll look at a little closer tonight and make any additions that I can think of. I thought of some other stuff this afternoon will driving around (I'll add to what you've already posted).**

Immigration in the late 19th Century is summarized on this web page, which reminds us that between 1820 and 1890, the U. S. welcomed immigrants from anywhere and everywhere. This policy contrasts with the [|Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882].

[] -- Background about creator of of "Welcome to all" Joseph Keppler, other works and reasons for illustrating political cartoons. [] -- Discusses the background of the Asian immigration movement and how discrimination against the population grew as the years went one. ==Work Area==

Discuss your immigration cartoons here. //Jana suggested using color-coding to separate our comments, Kris; since I'm partially color blind, I'll try using italics, and you could stick to regular fonts, if that works for you. I didn't do much today other than skim the photo options and some of the background info. As an initial suggestion, what would you think of using the first two photos, "Welcome to all" and "As to Japanese exclusion" for our Venn diagram comparison. For a general schedule, I hope to have an hour on both Wednesday and Thursday to work on these wikis//. //I'm on the road on// //Friday; the weekend should be available as needed. Tues 9 pm. Bernie// Bernine, the text idea is fine. I was thinking the first two cartoons as well. I will be working on the assignment during the day Thursday and some on Friday. I will add some stuff to the diagram those days and we can go from there. Thur. 8 am. Kris //Sounds good, Kris. I'm not a fan of wikis, either, so I'm going to try to find time today to read some of the tutorials. Will plan on doing some work on this later today; Friday is shot; I won't be able to log on until late Friday evening. Th high noon. Bernie//

//I posted two links under resources. Here are some first thoughts on the two photos; we can pick and choose some of these comments to use in our Venn diagram to go along with your comments, Kris.// //__Welcome to All__. In the late 19th Century, Uncle Sam had an open door policy for any immigrants leaving their homeland for any reason. The two biggest immigrants from 1820 to 1890 were the Irish (famine and poverty) and Germans (politics), with over 5 million immigrants. There were also lots of Chinese (Opium Wars), Japanese (a depression), along with many other nationalities.// //__Common to both photos__ (in the middle of the Venn) was a generally open-door policy and the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, with many jobs being created as fast as we could find employees for them.// //__As to Japanese Exclusion__. In 1882, we passed the "Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882"; it was not repealed for 70 years. The second photo suggests that we should "make them wear kimonos" so that we can tell the foreigners apart and discriminate against the Chinese and Japanese. In part, the fear of loss of jobs for "true Americans" was racially motivated and was part of the reason for the rise of the Know-Nothing Party and the KKK. The USA seemed willing to let many nationalities to continue to immigrate, but not anyone of apparent Chinese or Japanese descent. Th 4 pm. Bernie//


 * // Looks like you guys are off to a great start. Don't worry - by the end of this course if you're not "Masters of the Universe", I'm sure that you will be "Masters of the Wiki". :) ~ Jana //**

Bernie, after scanning the cartoons quickly this is what I've got. Welcome to all -- US very accepting of all immigrants (it seems there are many types of nationalities in the line), as long as they are well dressed or presentable. I didn't see any "poor" looking people looking to get on the "Ark of Refuge" captained by Uncle Sam. The cartoon also depicts the US a land of opportunity and kind of Utopia where people can get away from all of their problems (kings, war, taxes, oppression, and my favorite -- dungeons). I also found the "Free" sign interesting -- edcuation, land, speech, ballots lunch showing that we have the best of everything and that we will provide for those who come to our country, but didn't tell them of the hardships they would face when they got there (discrimination, lack of work...). As they say, "there is no such thing as a free lunch."

As to Japanese Exclusion -- portrays the Asian immigrants as dirty, dangerous and many of them look like they are on an Opium high. It's interesting to see that all the immigrants are in kimonos, not just the Asian Americans. I like what I think is the Irish guy with a derby and beard on the left side with the bomb and crazed looking Europeans in the front with knives and daggers in their belts. The open arms of Uncle Sam have been replaced with the hands up stop signal of the police officer in the lower right corner. This shows how the attitude of America changed and what was a land of opportunity has turned into something else once we had enough immigrants to meet our needs.

Both -- Show the attitude of American towards immigration during the 1800's into the1900's. Along with your creating jobs as quick as we could get workers idea -- the cartoons could depict the type of job that was available at the time, early on we needed skilled workers that were respectable and as time went on we just needed people to fill labor jobs in which no skill was required and the cheapest workers that could be found would be hired.

//Good details, Kris. I just got back from a long road trip (no Internet) and need to get some sleep. Our Venn isn't officially due until Monday, if I'm reading the directions correctly, although I wouldn't mind finishing it off on Saturday. I will plan on summarizing our// //comments in the morning for your review and edit unless, of course, you get to it before me.// //I'll hope to hear from you sometime on Saturday. 10 pm Fri. Bernie// Not a problem, sounds like you did have a long Friday. I won't get a chance until tonight to do much, just checking in between kids pratices. Do what you can and I can finish the rest tonight and fill in the Venn Diagram tomorrow morning for the finishd project. Do we need to find other sources for understanding as part of the assignment? I'm pretty familiar with the idea of the cartoons being a Social Studies teacher so I didn't do much research to understand the topic, but if we need them I can look for some tonight. 1:45 Saturday. Kris //Sounds like a plan. Looking over the directions again, along with a look at the other group wikis, I don't think we need any additional resources. If you have one or two handy, they would be good to share in our resources section, but I don't think they are needed. I'll take another peek tomorrow, without any plans to change or add anything else. It's about time for me to get busy on the rest of this week's activities! Sat 6 pm. Bernie//