Source: http://www.walworth.k12.wi.us/3-4%20Team/Stelling/Immigration%20Web%20Quest.htm
This K-12 Immigration lesson plan comes from a school in Wisconsin. The aim of the lesson is to allow the students to gain an understanding of what it was like for immigrants throughout the years 1890 to 1920. The students are able to this by reading a primary source called 'A boy's journey' this way students are able to engage in the young boys story. His story describes America as a 'Melting Pot' as the boy states that when he enters New York he was welcomed with open arms and at school he was required to sing 'My Country 'Tis of Thee' which implies that people were becoming infused together to become an American.
Furthermore, the students were required to write a friendly letter as if they were an immigrant. This allows the students to relate themselves to immigrants, allowing them to understand how immigrants were able to turn their life around when they entered America, by becoming an American and creating an enhanced lifestyle for themselves. The brainstorms which they had to participate in allowed them to be able to compare the immigrants past life with their new way of life as they had to discuss what their new life in America was like.
This K-12 Immigration lesson plan comes from a school in Wisconsin. The aim of the lesson is to allow the students to gain an understanding of what it was like for immigrants throughout the years 1890 to 1920. The students are able to this by reading a primary source called 'A boy's journey' this way students are able to engage in the young boys story. His story describes America as a 'Melting Pot' as the boy states that when he enters New York he was welcomed with open arms and at school he was required to sing 'My Country 'Tis of Thee' which implies that people were becoming infused together to become an American.
Furthermore, the students were required to write a friendly letter as if they were an immigrant. This allows the students to relate themselves to immigrants, allowing them to understand how immigrants were able to turn their life around when they entered America, by becoming an American and creating an enhanced lifestyle for themselves. The brainstorms which they had to participate in allowed them to be able to compare the immigrants past life with their new way of life as they had to discuss what their new life in America was like.
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