10/12/2015 (Group 4)–Finding New Resources…

This week our mission was to find new resources to supplement the book since we haven’t had much success and are now finished with it.

We were successful.

The first resource we found was Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario. It is a book about a boy in Honduras who makes the trip across the border to the United States to find his mother.

Claire found Donald Trump’s proposed immigration reform policies. It is interesting that he claims immigrants are taking advantage of the US, but in past readings we have seen the opposite occurring. Meanwhile, we also found this article about how borders are inherently immoral. It is an interesting juxtaposition.

Another point that we found in another article is that “historical figures are either regarded as heroes or villains”. We should investigate this more. This is especially exciting since some people regard today as “Columbus Day”…while it should really just be Monday. Here is a video to explain this sentiment.

So…where are we going from here? For next week we decided to begin Enrique’s Journey and decide where to go from there next week. The link to the first chapter is here.