Question 1: Describe the three different connotations or meanings of the word "generation" as discussed in class and in the readings. Why, in the context of the industrial era of immigration were the three meanings synonymous with one another, but this is not the case in the context of the current, post-1965 immigration era?

Question 2: Define, using your own words, the concept of "assimilation"?

Question 3: Discuss the two leading contemporary theories of immigrant assimilation discussed in class and the readings. What does each predict will happen to the children of today's immigrants? What do the two theories fundamentally disagree about?

Article link:http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/assimilation-models-old-and-new-explaining-long-term-process