May 2008

Educators, welcome to our collection of SIRS® Challenge Quests! Students can view this month's quests, and last month's answers, inside your SIRS subscription(s) during the third week of the new month.

We recommend that you send students to the online version of these activities to give them a chance to find the answers on their own. You may save this email for your personal use as an answer key. To access these activities via your SIRS subscription, click on Suggested Research Topics under Database Features.

SIRS Discoverer®

The United States military plays a huge role in American history and is vital to the nation's security and freedoms. National Military Appreciation Month, celebrated each May, is a time to recognize and honor the men and women in the armed forces. Many projects, such as Soldiers' Angels and A Million Thanks, support troops and their efforts.

In 2004, teenage siblings Brittany and Robbie Bergquist founded a program that recycles used cell phones to raise money for prepaid phone cards. These phone cards are sent to soldiers at war so they can call home. What is this program called?

Answer Pathfinder

Subject Heading(s): U.S., Armed Forces; Cellular telephones; Teenagers, Attitudes (all by date)

Keywords: Bergquist (date); "phone cards" (date); soldiers (date)

Topic Browse Path: PERSONAL GROWTH: Social Activism; SOCIAL ISSUES: Military & Defense: armed forces

Article(s) | Site(s):
"Teens Help Troops Stay Connected with Families," USA Today, Nov. 26, 2007

Answer: Brittany and Robbie Bergquist created the Cell Phones for Soldiers program.

Tap into everything your subscription has to offer by logging on to SIRS Discoverer®.

---

SIRS Knowledge Source®

The difficult history of Asians' immigration to the United States dates to the 1800s, when the first Chinese came to the United States. In 1880, the U.S. and China signed a treaty limiting Chinese immigration, leading to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The Immigration Act of 1924, which included the Asian Exclusion Act, barred all Asians from entering the United States.

In what year did immigration reform allow Asians to immigrate to the United States?

A. 1958
B. 1960
C. 1965
D. 1969

Article(s) | Site(s):
"Crossing Race and Nationality: The Racial Formation of Asian Americans, 1852-1965," Monthly Review, Dec. 2005

Answer: C. 1965

Find out more! Dive into this topic by logging on to
SIRS Knowledge Source®.

---