Exploring Immigrant Perspectives In U.S. History

Essential Question

How are Immigrant Experiences in the U.S. similar or different?

Texts

Literature

Esperanza Rising

After her father's death, Esperanza and her mother are left with few options and forced to flee to America. The immigration officers are only the first obstacle they must face. Beyond them, the Great Depression and an uncertain future awaits.

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Subject

Geography

Topic

Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity

July 7, 2014

Literature

Najeeb Abreely, Immigrant Inspector (1890s)

Because Najeeb Abreely remembers what it was like to emigrate to America, he can soothe the fears of frightened immigrants he must now inspect and question.

Gwenyth Swain

Grade Level

3-5

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Immigration

July 7, 2014

Literature

La Linea

In their trek from Mexico to the U.S. border, this young group is reminded that dangers lurk beneath them and hang over their heads every day and every night.

Ann Jaramillo

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Immigration

July 7, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

GIST

Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts (GIST) is a summarization procedure that helps students digest complex texts by requiring contextual word learning. GIST explicitly combines the most important words with reading and writing to comprehend complex texts.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RF.3-5.4, L.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

In Conversation

In Conversation asks students to demonstrate their narrative skills when applying different points of view in writing.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

W.3-5.3, W.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

ErGarvelink

Exploring Immigrant Perspectives In U.S. History

Esperanza Rising

Najeeb Abreely, Immigrant Inspector (1890s)

La Linea

GIST

In Conversation

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