Learning about Immigration through family history.

Essential Question

Think about your own family history, do you know where they might have Immigrated from?

Texts

Informational

Connected to Everything: A story from the Bitterroot Salish

“Connected to Everything” is a story written by Jennifer Greene and published in the Fall 2009 issue of Teaching Tolerance. This story is adapted from a traditional tale of the Bitterroot Salish, a Native American tribe in Montana.

Jennifer Greene

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

History

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

July 2, 2014

Literature

My Name was Hussein

Hussein, the narrator of My Name Was Hussein, lives in Bulgaria. His Muslim family takes great pride in their religion and traditions. But soldiers soon arrive in their village and force all of the Muslims to adopt Christian names, thereby inhibiting their freedom and identities.

Hristo Kyuchukov

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Rights & Activism

July 7, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Responding to the Read-Aloud Text

Author's Chair

Using either a Perspectives central text or their original work, children take on the role of “author,” reading the text aloud and facilitating a class discussion.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.9, RI.K-2.9, RF.K-2.4

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Community Spotlight Cards

Students create “trading cards” spotlighting diverse community members who work toward social justice goals that connect to themes from the central text.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

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A1wasi

Learning about Immigration through family history.

Connected to Everything: A story from the Bitterroot Salish

My Name was Hussein

Author's Chair

Community Spotlight Cards

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