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Lesson 1 (from Introduction-Chapter 1)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine the migration of laborers from the Philippines, and what is communicated about the "institutionalization of migration" (31). One of the biggest exports from the Philippines is labor. The U.S. created in the Philippines a steady and growing supply of healthcare workers.
Lesson
Class Discussion: In what way is the migration of laborers from the Philippines a big business? Why does Garbes say that "Filipinx people are the care workers of the world" (6)? How many of the foreign nurses who came to the U.S. between 1965 and 1988 were Filipino? How is the Philippines the leading supplier of nurses to America? How many Filipinx adults are frontline healthcare workers? How do U.S. hospital recruiters actively recruit Filipino nurses? What other examples of institutions pursuing workers are provided by Garbes? What is communicated about the institutionalization of migration?
Activity: Divide...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(d), 11-12.7
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