From 3/5 to 1
by admin - February 12th, 2012
Monday 2/13, we have one soapbox presenter, and we’ll be talking about slavery, the Constitution, and citizenship up to the 1870s. Reading is GC 133-143, and RV Ch 3.
Wednesday 2/15 – in class, we’ll retake the US citizenship exam, and in our next class period on Wednesday 2/22 (no class on Monday 2/20) you’ll have a short paper due reflecting on the experience of taking this exam twice – so, depending on the time, you might begin on that in class also. Would you pass as a citizen? Do you think these are the right questions to ask? What else do you think naturalized citizens should know? Would you advocate for a test like this to be a qualification for voting even for naturally-born citizens?
To study for the citizenship exam, I’ll put the citizenship toolkit on course reserve at the library, or you can head for the US-CIS’s online resources, download a free smartphone app, or use this PDF Study Guide, which I got from the History Channel site where we took the online version on Day 1. Just remember who the current Speaker of the House is!
