How do you find answers to these questions?

How do you know if/when your answers are right?

What does any of this information have to do with the text?

 

How do you keep track of how your understanding is evolving/has changed? See end-of-quarter rubric.

 

How does this affect your understanding of the text?

 

Answer the question assigned to your group, provide sources (links when relevant; include the date you accessed the information). How did you verify the information? HDYK it is true? What follow up questions do you have based on this research?

 

History and Politics

1.       Why would those Haitians who were a part of, supported or worked for those in power (Papa Doc, Baby Doc, Aristide, etc.) leave?

2.       Did evolving US policy towards Haiti effect the opinion of different segments of the US population towards Haiti and Haitian immigrants?

3.       Does the cycle of political and economic unrest affect the opinion of non-Haitians in NY who live in or near predominantly Haitian immigrant communities or neighborhoods?

4.       Are different cultural communities in NY racist toward Haitians? Does the view of other cultural communities bond the Haitians together or divide them? Are they able to assimilate or acculturate

5.       What factors informed US policy towards Haiti in 1960s and 1970s (Nixon, Carter, Reagan Clinton)?

6.       What was the attitude of the Americans living in NYC towards Haitians, especially immigrants, both before the death of Patrick Dorismond (March 2000) and what was the attitude immediately after that event? How did the attitudes change? In a positive or negative way?

7.       How (or does) a person’s socioeconomic status in Haiti effect his/her view of the U.S. politics and international policies?

 

What was the relationship between the US and Haiti? How has it evolved since 1957?

 

 

Culture

 

  1. Too what extent did Haitian immigrants have or choose to adapt to the Brooklyn/New York culture of the 1960s and 1980s-90s?

  2. France, Africa, the US, Cuba and the Dominican Republic have historical connections to and influences over Haiti. What influences are there in Haiti from different countries/continents and how does that affect the relationships between people in Haiti and between Haiti and the rest of the world?

  3. Which religions are most commonly practiced in Haiti? Are the same religions practiced by Haitian immigrants who come to the US? What is the impact of religion on Haitian culture?

  4. What is voodoo? Is it a religious practice? What is the impact of voodoo on Haitian culture? Where did it originate and how was it brought to Haiti?

  5. Does the language spoken by a person in Haiti signify socioeconomic status? What class of Haitians can speak both French and Creole and in which situations would they use either language? What implications does speaking either French or Creole have?

  6. What are the forms of Haitian cultural expression? What are the features of these forms? What influences these forms? How have these forms been accepted in the US and other countries?

 

 

What impact does the social and political history of Haiti have on the evolution of Haitian culture?