Sec 4 SS CH7-2 Assimilation (2022)

Sec 4 SS CH7-2

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Assimilation

​in FRANCE

​Practice SRQ - Homework assignment

​7. France assimilates immigrants into the French identity through programmes in schools and in the workplace. Which do you think is more effective in assimilating immigrants with the French locals? Explain your answer.

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​Immigrants

• ​Different countries have different ways of maintaining harmony in a diverse society

• ​Different policies that guide how immigrants become part of a host country

​Review

• ​How has Singapore managed immigrants?

Multiple Choice

Singapore's policy towards immigrants is called

• assimilation

• integration

• deportation

• genocide

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a way SIngapore has promoted integration of races in Singapore?

• PCMR

• Bilingualism

• VIA in schools

• EIP in housing

Multiple Choice

Most of our new citizens come from

• India

• Japan

• China

• Malaysia

Multiple Choice

On average, how many new citizens come to Singapore every year?

• 500

• 5000

• 50000

• 500000

Multiple Choice

Which programme is NOT part of common experiences?

• SPR Quota

• NS

• CIF

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT part of community support for new citizens organised by the PA?

• Block parties

• Festive celebrations

• Home visits

• Experiential tour

​Assimilation

• ​Immigrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group

• ​and the identity of immigrants should become indistinguishable from the majority group

​Laïcité

• ​The French believe in the principle of Laïcité which means secularism

• ​All French citizens are expected to identify with the principle of secularism (no religion)

​Laïcité

• Harmony in France is achieved when every individual puts aside their affiliations to ethnicity / religion and only display their national identity​

​Immigrants in France

• ​France has one of the highest proportions of immigrants in Europe

• ​Due to the many French colonies like Algeria and Morocco

​Assimilation Policies

• ​France has implemented assimilation policies in:

  1. ​Education (schools)

  2. ​Employment (work places)

  3. ​Naturalisation

​1. Education

• ​Education is secular - no discussion of religion allowed except in history / philosophy classes

• ​Adaptation classes for immigrants to improve their French language

​2. Employment

• ​Immigrants have to speak French to their colleagues

• ​French diversity charter for companies to support discrimination-free workplaces

• ​To encourage more immigrants to work in French companies to improve assimilation

​3. Naturalisation

• ​Citizenship requirements:

  • ​French language courses

  • ​Civic education

  • ​Knowledge of French history

  • ​French culture tests

• ​To interact as much as possible with other French citizens to strengthen their French identity

Open Ended

How does French Assimilation policy differ from Singapore's Integration policy?

​Tensions arising from Assimilation

​France

​Tensions in France

• ​Expectations of people to keep their displays of religious beliefs and customs private

• ​Tensions between national identity and personal identity

​Wearing religious symbols

• ​2004 law prohibits display of religious items in public

  • Muslim ​Hijab / Burqa

  • ​Jewish kippah

  • ​Christian crosses

  • ​Sikh turbans

"​...if you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome to France."

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- Nicholas Sarkozy​

(French President in 2011)

​Differing perspectives

• ​French govt emphasises ALL citizens are expected to adopt French language and culture

• ​Critics say this law violates individual rights of religion and expression

Quiz time

How much can you remember?

Multiple Choice

Assimilation is when immigrants

• have to adopt the practices of the majority

• have to find common ground with the majority

• have to become racists

• have to give up their old citizenship

Multiple Choice

Which one is NOT one of the French values?

• Freedom

• Equality

• Reslilence

• Fraternity

Multiple Choice

Which was once a French colony?

• Vietnam

• Istanbul

• Thailand

• Singapore

Multiple Choice

Religion cannot be discussed in French schools except during which lesson?

• Mathematics

• Religious Knowledge

• Geography

• History

Multiple Choice

"Adaptation" classes in French schools are to help immigrant children to

• improve their French language

• learn about how to adapt to French climate

• know more about French customs

• know more about French Fries

Multiple Choice

The French "diversity charter" was introduced to

• support discrimination in the workplace

• celebrate racial harmony

• support a discrimination free workplace

• hire more Africans in the workplace

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT part of the French naturalisation process?

• attend a citizenship e-journey

• attend French language classes

• demonstrate knowledge of French history

• pass a French cultural test