BLUE HIGHLIGHT: STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED

From previous chapters or SON OF ITALY: go over the following paragraphs. They contain important information, in a couple of cases half-hidden, that can re-orient your interpretation and expectations.

Page 65: (two-line paragraph in the middle of the page.)
"And we set to digging and handling our picks and shovels. And I have been handling them ever since."

 Page 71: (First paragraph indent).
"Our first four years in America....."

Page 71: (Second paragraph indent, last lines).
"(...) that's what I was able to do, and this is what I work at even now."

Page 72: (from the beginning.)
"All my works are lost..."
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Page  68: (First paragraph indent.)
None of us, including myself, ever thought of a movement to broaden our knowledge of the English language. 

READING   Chapters 8 to 10 (74-109).
Find the quotation: "We were pigs in our sty" and pause to think about their conditions.

SCREENING: THE ITALIAN 

SCREENING  THE ITALIAN: HOW TO ANALYZE THE MESSAGE

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TASK 1:     BASED on SON OF ITALY and THE WAY THEY LIVED.
                                                         NO BOOK REPORTS
Make concrete references, examples, to SON OF ITALY, especially the chapters assigned for today, and some of the photos in the video.
FIRST
What thoughts come to mind at first?
What are the first immediate reactions?
THEN, after thinking about the texts:
What sorts of considerations, meditations, conclusions, reflections emerge from thinking about what you learned?
Do you think it was all worth it? When we celebrate the success of many, how does that fit with the tragedy of many others?
OPEN TOPIC follow the guidelines but feel free to explore the topic you want.