The melting pot or salad bowl. From foreign shores. 1. In what way is the history of the United States different from that of other nations? The history of U.S is different from other nations because it’s one of continual immigration from all continents‚ and opposed to most other nations it’s a very young one‚ but only if we counts from Columbus’ discovery. Asians had already discovered and inhabited America‚ when Siberia and Alaska where still connected‚ these people are called the Native
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play into being American. An American doesn’t have to know the language perfectly or eat the typical “American food”‚ everyone that lives in America should have the same rights‚ freedoms‚ and opportunities. An American identity is created by adapting the techniques of life and how to do things. You don’t need to look the same or even sound the same‚ each American is different in their own way. There is not a description of a perfect “American Citizen”. America is a big “melting pot”. “The ideal of
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a winner. There is always a good and bad side and one of them has to come out on top. In these two stories‚ “7th grade” and “The Melting Pot”‚ each have a winner or a resolution to the problem or conflict either an external or an internal. In “Seventh Grade”‚ the type of conflict is internal‚ because of all the sequences happening in Victor’s mind. In “The Melting Pot” the conflict is external because of all the sequences happening between the people of the town. In the story “Seventh Grade”‚ The
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The Melting Pot Throughout the entire book of “The Mangy Parrot”‚ Lizardi composes many daily aspects of life of different social groups that made the society of Mexico turn around‚ so to speak. Some of the social groups that stuck out and helped made this happen were the middle class artisans‚ women‚ and the bureaucrats. During the course of this paper‚ I will cite examples of how Lizardi uses each of the social groups I have listed that portrays obstacles to a just and prosperous Mexico and
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America is called the “Melting Pot” because of the diversity of the American culture. The migration and immigration of different cultures and people created America’s identity and its nickname of the “Melting Pot”. The American identity began developing in the 1600’s with the construction of colonial America. Throughout the 1800’s‚ America’s identity was developed by thousands of immigrants who entered America and the migration of people within America. Between the 19th and 20th century‚ and even
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America: The Melting Pot The term the melting pot was coined in 1782 by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. It was a term used to describe the new country and all of its new inhabitants. Where people from different countries and different races and ethnicities could come together to form a new race of people; the American. It encompassed taking the good‚ strong qualities from each culture and keeping them to form an overall new culture. “Across four centuries‚ the steady arrival of millions
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"The Melting Pot Theory" In the 1800’s and the early 1900’s‚ some people gave the America the name‚ the melting pot. People imagined this because thousands and thousands of immigrants coming from around the world were coming into the United States in hope of a better life. So most people imagined that all these different cultures were being poured into a giant pot called America‚ heated to a low boil and molded into one kind of person. If one steps back and thinks about this theory‚ it isn’t
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Melting Pot Many cultures from different countries have come over to America and made it a “Melting Pot.” Each year in America‚ many immigrants come from different countries and shares their unique cultures with America. As Marin used the term Melting pot in his essay “Towards something American‚” it describes as an unused furnace that does not burn until imported values and lives stop being fed into the system; moreover‚ Marin mentioned that Americans have no culture. On the other hand‚ Taylor
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English 15 Section 008 Argument paper American Schools vs. Melting Pot In the American schools today one may walk down a hallway and be able to see numerous students from many diverse backgrounds. It some schools these ethnicities might have formed into clicks according to their country or religion‚ while in other schools the children may freely interact and befriend each other no matter what race or creed. While some schools freely allow children to outwardly display their nationality in
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Grade Level: K-3 Subject Area: Social Studies and Self- Esteem Lesson Length: Ongoing throughout the school year Topic: The Melting Pot of America Content: Students are unaware of the many cultures that make up the “Melting Pot of America”. Our classes forget to put a focus on the different cultures that make up our communities and country. This activity was designed to put a focus on that and to help students embrace their differences and their assets that the bring to their very own
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