Maximum number of refugees that can be admitted to the United States
courtesy of Lee Melvin Peralta (@melvinmperalta)
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Melvin also created a Desmos activity from this slow reveal! Check it out!
Type of Graph: line graph
Source: Migration Policy Institute, “U.S. Annual Refugee Resettlement Ceilings and Number of Refugees Admitted, 1980-Present.” https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-annual-refugee-resettlement-ceilings-and-number-refugees-admitted-united.
Paired Texts:
- Key facts about refugees to the US (Pew Research Center, October 7, 2019)
- Trump Slashes Refugee Cap to 18,000, Curtailing US Role as a Haven, by Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs (New York Times, September 26, 2019)
- Trump Administration Slashes Refugee Limit for the Third Consecutive Year, to a Historic Low of 18,000, by David Nakamura, Maria Sacchetti, and Seung Min Kim (Washington Post, September 26, 2019)
- US slashes refugee limit to all-time low of 18,000 (BBC, September 27, 2019)
Who is a refugee? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvzZGplGbL8
Follow up worksheet: https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/59d231bf4
Where do refugees come from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrR5hwp45mc
Follow up worksheet: https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/59d233807
Potential Math Content: line graph, estimating points on a line graph, scale along the y-axis
Potential Content Connections: immigration, refugee resettlement, social policy, politics
Seems like the slide deck and original graph link are pointing to the previous water graph. Looking forward to seeing these…
Thank you for letting me know! It should be fixed now.
Looks like the slide deck and original graph links are pointing to the previous water ones… Looking forward to seeing this. Thanks!