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Part I (Chapters 1 - 3)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. Undocumented. Penguin, New York, 2015.

• This book is written from the first person perspective and in the past tense.

• In the Prologue, Peralta discussed the difference between his Spanish Harlem neighborhood and his expensive private school on the Upper West Side in New York City.

• Peralta remembered a time when his apartment was raided by the police who mistakenly thought it was a drug house.

• Peralta's mother Maria forgave the police easily but Peralta saw racism and abuse of power in the event.

• Peralta did not feel comfortable telling his classmates, most of them from very wealthy backgrounds, what had happened at his apartment.

• Peralta embraced the differences and contradictions in his life between where he came from and where his life led him. He came from a life...

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