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Programs and
Activities: Part 1. El Paso and Ciudad Juarez
Getting
Ready 1 (15 minutes)
On the Border
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Leader: Please prepare an appropriate number of index
cards, one per participant, prior to meeting. Each card
should have printed on one side either Mexico or United
States. Evenly divide participants between Mexico and
United States and randomly hand them cards as they walk
in the door. Once everyone is present, have everyone whose
card reads "Mexico" move to one side of the
room, and those whose cards read, "United States,"
move to the other side of the room.
Please
keep participants to five to seven minutes of small
group work and then facilitate large group discussion
for the remaining time.
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Take a look
at the card you received upon entering the meeting space. That
is where you live, on either side of the Rio Grande, either
in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico or in El Paso, Texas, in the United
States. Working in your small groups, take five to seven
minutes to briefly answer the following questions:
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What
types of jobs might you hold?
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What
language(s) might you speak?
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What
might be your ethnic background?
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What
might be some of the most difficult things about living so
closely to the other country?
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How
would things be different if there were no border between
Mexico and the United States?
For the
remaining time, discuss your answers with the large group. How
are the two groups' answers similar? How are they different?
What effect does a border have on the people living nearby?
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