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Read the questions below BEFORE watching the film Which Way Home.Each question will be worth 10 points. Make sure to answer in COMPLETE ENGLISH SENTENCES. The film was nominated for a 2010 OSCAR , four Emmy nominations, as well as several other awards on the portrayal of child migrants. 1. How old are the children traveling in the documentary and what countries are the children traveling from?

2. What are reasons that the children in the documentary leave their homes and families in hopes of getting to the U.S.?

3. How do the children travel to get to the U.S.? What are the risks they face throughout their travels?

4. How do the children traveling in the documentary envision America to be? Where do they get their ideas about what America will be like?

AFTER THE FILM: CHOOSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW TO REFLECT (Use the back of the paper to write your reflection. Your reflection must be two paragraphs in length , 4-6 sentences in each paragraph). (20 points) 1. Write a letter to one of the children in the film encouraging or discouraging them from coming to the U.S. You must include the challenges that you think they might face while in the U.S. and what they U.S. is like. 2. Imagine that you are one of the children in the film and write a journal entry describing what a day traveling to the U.S. is like. What is keeping you motivated to keep going? What are your hopes and dreams? REFLECTION (20 points) – If you need more space you can staple an extra sheet of paper to turn in. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXTRA CREDIT (20 points: classwork 35% of your grade): Read the quotes below from immigrant children and write a reflection. Option 1: You are a Senator in D.C. and are proposing a law about immigrant children. Write a law that you think is fair about what to do with undocumented children in the U.S. Do you think that there should be

a different law for children who were brought here not of their own choice? Why? Option 2: Read David Garcia’s quote and respond to whether you agree or disagree that “as a human being (all people) demand as much respect as any other..”. Why do you agree or disagree with that statement? REFLECTIONS MUST BE AT LEAST 2 PARAGRAPHS!

I was brought to the United States when I was 6 years old. I crossed the border with difficulty and can still what, how, or when it happened. Today, I'm 16 years old, top student in my class, straight A's and exceptional student. My dream is to become a pharmacologist or a surgeon. I have a ion for science and history. My classmates always tell me I’m a role model for them when it comes to education. But if they only knew I’m an outcast for not having a thing called "Citizenship". It worries me that my dreams may never come true and fear that I will be deported. I do my home country, but this is where I’ve been through my whole life pursuing my dreams to become a better person. But I pray to God that someday I will have an opportunity and demonstrate that no decree will prohibit me from making my dreams come true because I feel like an American inside my heart. I hope and pray that there will be a fair law to stop separating families and crushing the dreams of hardworking and innocent people who want a better life and opportunities. -Maria, Riverside, California

“My parents brought me here when I was three. I had no say in where I was going. I did not have the option to be where I am today. I love America and its diversity in which people call the melting pot. Yet I feel as if people don't want me here. They call me an illegal alien, and in my mind I question how someone could call a human being illegal. As a human being I demand as much respect as any other being. It's not like anyone had the choice to be born where they were born.” -David Garcia, Texas