History

=Indigenous People Unit= = = = Immigration =

Definition = a person moving from one country to another country with the plan of staying permanently

Essential Questions (teacher made): 1. What is immigration and emigration? 2. Why do people immigrate to other lands? 3. What are major waves of immigration in history to the United States and to other countries? 4. What were and are conditions like for immigrants as they travel(ed) to other lands? 5. What were and are conditions like at the points of entry into new lands? 6. What were and are living like for immigrants in new lands? 7. What effects have immigrants had on indigenous people?

January 25, 2011

We had refugees visit our classroom.

=Our class reflections after our activity of origami:= =- They spoke a different language it was hard to communicate.= =- First group understood easily but the next group was talking to their friends.= =- It was hard not to take charge of everything when they couldn't do it themselves.= =- It was hard because sometimes one kid would do something wrong and I would then have to give him my example. It was hard to teach them because I would become nervous since they were speaking another language. I was worried they were saying I was a geek.= =- There was one girl who understood us and she told the other girls what to do. We were grateful to have a girl to translate for us.= =- It was easy for us because they happen to understand. Our group spoke a bit of English.= =- It was easy to make it but hard to teach it.= =- It was hard and easy: hard to get them to smile but easy to teach.= =- It is harder to teach if you have no younger siblings because when you have siblings you are given chances to teach them.= =- I was nervous when I had to communicate to them about something I did know easily by myself.= =- It was hard but it was fun. I was glad that they could learn origami skills.= =- It was easy and hard: in our first group the girls were really shy so we couldn't hear their names but with the other group they were much louder and spoke English. They didn't realize that I could speak Polish so they ignored me when I first started speaking Polish.= =- We are blessed and lucky to have the life we live each day.=

Readings:
 * __The Story of Immigration__ (a Reading A - Z short non-fiction book): make a flip book noting causes and effects of the different 4 waves
 * __Immigrant Kids__ - read with a partner; take notes on each section: sometimes noting challenges, sometimes comparing child's life from the past to own
 * each student is reading an immigration fictional novel - selected by Ms. Ryan (for example: __Letters from Rifka__, __Drita: My Homegirl__,
 * 3 Read Alouds by Ms. Ryan to the class: __Brothers of Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan__, __We Came to Australia looking for Freedom__, __Sarah, Also Known as Hannah__
 * non-fiction books for the project of letter writing

movies:
 * united streaming online movie:

Mini-projects:
 * poster which highlights the notes collected in the various readings
 * 3 letters written from the point of view of an immigrant: letter 1 is about leaving, letter 2 is about the journey to America, and letter 3 is about life in America
 * interview an immigrant: Write questions that will teach you about the life experience of an immigrant; ask the questions and record onto paper in question/answer format; Use the interview notes to help write a short story article about this person. Quotes from the interview should be integrated into the short story

Online Resources:

US History: Immigration Citizen Counts (a site for the US)

timeline sources online: British History for Kids History of Transportation The Civil War ASW databases