Communities Move! Geography Theme: Movement -The travel of people, things, animals and ideas to different places.
"Communities Move!" Lessons:
Pre-Lesson Activity:
Throughout history, human migration/immigration has been influenced by many factors, but before we delve deeper into this content, please write the reasons why and how you believe these 4 factors influence immigration.
1. Religion
2. Resources
3. Slavery
4. War
Lesson 1: History plays a role! We will use this New York Times lesson to learn about
Coming to America -Examining Past and Present American Immigration Trends
Lesson 2: We will explore facets of immigration by experiencing this lesson posted by the New York Times:
4. Immigration past and present: Surf the Times’s Immigration Explorer, read about who’s coming to America today, and examine charts and graphs that illustrate contemporary immigration statistics.Record what you find using the Coming to America handout (PDF). Teachers can have students explore these resources further using the “Coming to America” lesson plan. They might also do activities in this lesson plan about the American Dream, or in this lesson in which students write letters from imaginary immigrants to relatives in their countries of origin.
Pre-Lesson Activity:
Throughout history, human migration/immigration has been influenced by many factors, but before we delve deeper into this content, please write the reasons why and how you believe these 4 factors influence immigration.
1. Religion
2. Resources
3. Slavery
4. War
Lesson 1: History plays a role! We will use this New York Times lesson to learn about
Coming to America -Examining Past and Present American Immigration Trends
Lesson 2: We will explore facets of immigration by experiencing this lesson posted by the New York Times:
4. Immigration past and present: Surf the Times’s Immigration Explorer, read about who’s coming to America today, and examine charts and graphs that illustrate contemporary immigration statistics.Record what you find using the Coming to America handout (PDF). Teachers can have students explore these resources further using the “Coming to America” lesson plan. They might also do activities in this lesson plan about the American Dream, or in this lesson in which students write letters from imaginary immigrants to relatives in their countries of origin.
Class/Grade Level Project: Oral History! People move and as a result COMMUNITIES move! Look around your classroom; everyone is from somewhere! Through our grade level project, we will be creating an oral history of the Exploris community. You will interview classmates, parents, community members, teachers and volunteers in order compile Exploris' oral history. We will convert the recordings and create a "Pod Cast." This Pod Cast will be a representation of our communities "movement." Why are we here? Where do we plan to go? What patterns do you see? |
Project Resources:
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Possible Skype Conference?