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BE21 - Professor Martha Dressler: Assignment

This purpose of this guide is to provide a list of sources related to finding immigration information for primary and secondary sources in comparing the novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith .

Assignment

Class will be reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith with emphasis on the immigrant experience 100 years ago and comparing with any other period of time up to and including the present by ethnicity, social acceptance, ease of entering the country.
Students need help finding appropriate sources, websites that are trust worthy, primary vs. secondary sources etc.