Designed as an elective for 10th through 12th grade students, this course encompasses immigration laws, present policy towards immigrants, the immigrant experience, and stresses the impact of immigration on the American culture. It is hoped that students, by seeing how the American character is so much a result of the immigration process, will understand more about what it means to be an American. Like many other Quinmester curriculum guides, it is divided into the following sections: 1) a course description; 2) course goals; 3) a course content outline; and 4) an augmentation on the course goals, including the focus, the objective, and suggested learning activities. (OPH)