1st Resource Snapshot

Understanding if my Research is Valid and Reliable (20 points)

Title: American Immigration Resource Type (e.g. Book, Article, Video, Journal, etc.):
System Informational Website

Link to Source (or write Publishing Year & Company if a physical copy):
HERE https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
Sourcing Contextualization
(Person creating it & why) (Time/Place created, and why that could influence the document)

1) Who wrote this? 1) The 6) What were the political 6) DACA played a major role during the time
American and/or social concerns at this site is still active.
the time this was created?
Immigration
2) When AND 2) August 12, 7) Who is in charge of 7)Beth Werlin is the executive director
where was it 2016 society at the time this is
created? created?

3) Why was it 3) To inform 8) How might the 8) it's just going to be facts and not based on
created? the people circumstances in which opinions it has many informational tables
the document was created
about how the affect its content (create
explaining what they’re talking about
United States bias)?
Immigration
system works
4) What is the 4) They aren’t 9) What was the same 9) N/A
creator’s biased as they AND different back then?
perspective? (write N/A if this is an article
are just from the past year (2017 or
informing how 2018)
a system
works.
5) Is this source 5) Yes, 10) Is this resource 10) This resource is reliable because it has
(person) reliable? because it’s a (document/video/etc.) many credible people behind this site
Why? Why not? reliable? Why? Why not?
(e.g. does the author long standing (e.g. does the author have
have professional organization(si the freedom to write the
credentials, work for nce 1987). truth? Is the author motivated
a reputable to write the truth? What
organization, etc.?) might be other reasons for
writing this?

Reflection #1: What is the central idea of this resource? (5 points)

The central Idea is to inform people about how the immigration system works and what they can do to help their
situation.

Reflection #2: What supporting arguments and evidence does the creator use to support the central idea? (5
points)

● It gives a list of all the people who are part of the organization and what they do
● It also gives you different scenarios of how your family situation might be so you can know what to do
● It gives statistics representing how many permanent immigrants are allowed annually.

Adapted from Reading Like a Historian Curriculum by Stanford History Education Group; Aligned to CCSS
May Do: Directly copy and paste the most relevant quotations from the article that could later support your research
or project choices. (List page number or paragraph heading if provided)

● “The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), the body of law governing current immigration policy,
provides for an annual worldwide limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants, with certain exceptions for
close family members. Lawful permanent residency allows a foreign national to work and live lawfully
and permanently in the United States.”
● “For example, in FY 2013, 65,536 people were admitted as siblings of U.S. citizens; 27,022 were actual
siblings of U.S. citizens (the principal immigrants); 14,891 were spouses of principal immigrants; and
23,623 were children of principal immigrants.”

Adapted from Reading Like a Historian Curriculum by Stanford History Education Group; Aligned to CCSS