Unit 12: Not So Long Ago Lesson 9: Who Are We Now? Chapter 62

Naturalization Ceremony
Unit 12, Lesson 9
Who Are We Now?
Textbook pages 277-285
Student Guide pages 258-262
Where we’re headed…
Every day, people from all over the world
arrive in the United States with the dream of
becoming part of this great nation. Why do
so many people want to become Americans?
Read pages 277 & 278 to learn more about
the Perez and Le families.
Cuban pilot Orestes Lorenzo Perez and his family
were welcomed at the White House after their daring
arrival in the United States.
Objectives for this lesson:
Identify the democratic beliefs and ideals that
unite diverse peoples as Americans.
Identify major reasons people give for
immigrating to the United States.
Analyze maps to gain information on U.S.
demographics.
In the Little Havana section of
Miami, Florida, children perform a
traditional dance at a parade.
Read pages 279-285, and then
answer the questions on the
next several slides.
5.
South
Vietnamese
refugees
approach a
U.S. warship
in the South
China Sea
near Saigon.
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America is made up of people of many races and ethnicities.
Four out of five Americans live in
cities or suburbs.
The U.S. Constitution requires that a census of the nation be taken
every 10 years. The census counts the growing and changing
American population and pinpoints areas with very dense
populations and areas where people are not so close together
For more information visit: www.census.gov
Censuses are used
to __________ seats
in Congress, which
may cause a state to
either – or +
members in
Congress.
(Pages 279 & 281)
www.census.gov
In the early 20th
century, most
immigrants
came from
__________.
(Page 284)
(Page 284)
Homework
 Review pages 277-285 and answer
questions 1-8 in your Student Guide
pages.
 B. Use What You Know
 Complete the Modern
Immigration Trends sheet.
 Complete Unit 12, Lesson 9
Assessment.
 Prepare to review Unit 12.