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Professor: Dr. Peter Vellon
peter.vellon@qc.cuny.edu
Instructional Technology Fellow: Caroline Erb-Medina
cerb@gc.cuny.edu
Category Archives: April 30
Education: Old School and New School
Chapter 7 of the Foner reading discusses the differences between the education of the old immigrants and the new immigrants. Foner speaks about Eastern European Jews of the wave of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century and how they are viewed … Continue reading
Posted in April 30, Christopher Pringle
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Transnational Ties
Not much has changed between the immigrants of the past and today when it comes to transnational ties. People still come to the United States for the same reasons of economic prosperity and a better life and opportunities. They leave … Continue reading
Posted in Andreea Arama, April 30
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Lucky to Go to School
In Foner’s chapter Going to School, she discusses the myths and realities that surround certain immigrant groups and their successes or failures in the educational system. The first stereotype that she addresses is that Jews love education. Known as the … Continue reading
Posted in April 30, Danielle Cohen, May 7
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Transnational Ties
When the first waves of immigrants arrived in America, each group stuck together in communities and did their best to keep all of their traditions from their country alive, since some of them planned on returning anyways. This was the … Continue reading
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Education and Immigration
People I can’t imagine parting with anyone in my family. Unfortunately, it was fairly common among new immigrants in the late 1900’s. People would send over fathers, and sons and then they would send back money to those they left … Continue reading
Posted in April 30, Gabriella Deane
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Education and Cultural Diversity
In Chapter 7 of “From Ellis Island to JFK,” Foner does a great job contrasting the “old ways” of Americanization and the school system with the new. I thought it was interesting to learn how rigid the schools were when … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, April 30
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Transnational Immigrants
To be honest, I found this week’s reading confusing at times. At first, I was shocked. I could not believe that there was hostility in eighteenth century America towards temporary immigrants who returned to their homelands. From previous arguments in … Continue reading
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How A Typo Circumvented Transimmigration
There is one Holocaust sadness that strikes me as unusually sad. Part of the reason is that it concerns my own family, but part of it is that ever-so-human need to dwell on just how avoidable it really was. In … Continue reading
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