Part 1: Choose ONE Prompt
Respond to one (1) of the following prompts. Your response must engage with at least two readings (the film may count as one source).
Option 1: Settler Colonialism & Immigration
How does Dunbar-Ortiz’s concept of settler colonialism reshape how we understand immigration in U.S. history?
Option 2: Founding Narratives & Exclusion
How does the portrayal of Alexander Hamilton complicate traditional narratives about the U.S. founding and immigration?
Option 3: Deportation & Racial Targeting
Using Balderrama and the film, analyze how race shaped deportation and repatriation during the 1930s. What does this reveal about citizenship and belonging?
Part 2: Keywords (Required Section)
After your main response, include a clearly labeled section:
Keywords
Define ONE (1) of the following terms in your own words. Each definition should be 3–4 sentences and include an in-text citation.
Keyword Bank:
- Settler Colonialism (Dunbar-Ortiz)
- Structure (as used in settler colonialism)
- Nativism
- Repatriation
- Deportation
- Citizenship
- Elimination
- Nation of Immigrants