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Teaching the Holocaust and other Genocides

Document B: Unguarded Gates

Unguarded Gates

Discussion Questions

1. Underline the language in Aldrich’s poem that references “The New Colossus.“ How does Aldrich view immigrants? What imagery does he use to describe the dangers that they pose?  

2. Lazarus wrote "The New Colossus" in 1883; Aldrich penned "Unguarded Gates" in 1892. What do these two poems tell you about America's views on immigrants? 

Sources

The Atlantic Monthly 1892-07: Vol 70 Iss 417 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (1892, July). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_atlantic_1892-07_70_417/page/56/mode/2up