In this lesson, students explore the rapidly changing demographic trends occurring in the United States and around the world by examining population changes taking place within the U.S. and the impact of these changes on our institutions and communities. Immigration, Social Policy, and Employment Students discuss the history of immigration laws in the U.S. and examine the various waves of immigrants who came to the U.S., the reasons why they came, and their reactions after they got here. The lesson ends by focusing on the impact of increasing diversity on our current and future workforce. Students discuss how the problems surrounding race are exacerbated by the multiple definitions that have been given to the term. The multifaceted issues surrounding gender in our society are the focus of this lesson.
Students discuss inequalities women face in the workplace as well as in the greater society.
In the first of two lessons on Native American cultures in the U.S. students examine the origins of Native Americans on the North American continent and discuss the background and their current role in society. In this second lesson on Native American cultures in the U.S., students review a case study of Illinois' Dickson Mounds Museum and the controversy surrounding the exhibition of its burial grounds. The second half of the lesson features a variety of Native American students, professors, and administrators at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. In the first of two lessons exploring African American culture in the U.S., students examine the changing demographic and socioeconomic data of this group and how these data compare to those of other groups in our society. The lesson also helps to identify some of the root causes of these differences and to suggest possible solutions to these disparities.