You’re Not in Kansas Anymore
Subject:
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Immigration
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Thematic Scenario: | You’re Not In Kansas Anymore |
Contexts\Outcomes: | Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives and history of immigration and use this knowledge to interact appropriately with the global community. |
Learn from Selected Countries/Cultures: | Background information on immigration including history Geographical information Historical information |
Strategies: | Individual Projects: Student makes a timeline of the history of immigration from a selected country. Student compares/contrasts immigration patterns from selected countries. Pair Activities: Students use the internet to research immigration. Students use the internet and other available resources to collect “family immigration stories.” Students compile a book of “family immigration stories.” Cooperative Learning: Students interview an immigrant from a target country, including audiotaping, videotaping, and/or photographs. |
Assessments: | Projects: Student makes a timeline of the history of immigration from a selected country, meeting specified criteria. Student compares/contrasts immigration patterns from selected countries, meeting specified criteria. Students compile a book of “family immigration stories,” meeting rubric criteria decided by the class. Oral Presentation: Students present the interview conducted with an immigrant, including audiotape, videotape, and/or photographs, and share personal insights of what they learned from this project. |
Resources: | Internet Library resources/research Community resources Immigration resources |