You are a member of a committee tasked with planning a museum dedicated to the history of U.S. immigration. Your specific job is to plan an exhibit that will document the experience of Chinese immigrants in the late 19th century, with a particular focus on nativist reactions. Your contribution to the committee will be a written proposal that directly addresses the questions for each step in the instructions below. A well-structured proposal, with attention to proper mechanics of writing, will enhance your ability to communicate your ideas; however, the substance of your answers to the questions below will determine your grade for this assignment.

Step ONE: Ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities:

To understand the context of Chinese Immigration in the 19th century, please consult resources provided by your instructor and read the relevant section in your assigned textbook.

Begin your proposal by describing your intended goal for this museum exhibit.
What message do you hope to convey?
Who is your intended audience?
How will you reach out to individuals who are skeptical about the value of immigration in our country?

Step TWO: Knowledge of civic responsibility:

What connection do you want your audience to make between the experience of Chinese immigrants in the 19th century, and the experience of immigrants today?
How can our knowledge and understanding of immigration in the past help us to make more informed decisions about immigration today?
What are the lessons that we learn from the story of Chinese immigration and nativist reactions?

Step THREE: Intercultural competence:

Review the attached 19th century anti-immigration cartoons. These political cartoons highlight nativist attitudes toward Chinese immigrants.
What arguments or assumptions did native-born Americans make in rejecting Chinese newcomers?
What were the fears of nativists toward Chinese immigrants?
How will this exhibit promote greater engagement with America?s diverse immigrant heritage?
Each student is required to complete a term paper (40 points). The guideline and rubric as well as the reading document are embedded in the Modules as Term Paper/Common Assignment. The essay should have the right format: introduction, main body, and conclusion. The paper must be over 2000 words long with no grammatical or spelling mistakes. Check online on how to write a good essay or consult the Writing Center of your home campus if needed after you finish your draft. You should save your paper as a MS Word document before you submit it in the Module: Term Paper (submit here).
Your paper will go through the Turnitin, which allows me to verify your originality. So, do not plagiarize and plagiarism is a serious academic offense. Submitting an assignment already submitted for another class is a form of academic misconduct and also known as self-plagiarism or recycling work. If you plagiarize, your assignment will get 0. For the first plagiarism case, you will also lose 20% of the total percentage or grade you have earned. For the second case, you will lose additional 30% of the total percentage or grade, which will lead you to a final F grade. Meanwhile, I reserve the right to request the students evolved be disciplined.

No quotes from any sources are allowed; but instead you paraphrase them to avoid plagiarism as well as help yourself build your confidence in writing on your own. You can always get a Turnitin report almost immediately. To get your report after you submit your work, you click on the submission details on the upper right corner. You can further click on the flag on the upper right corner to go to the detailed report from Turnitin.

Resource Website: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/chinese/