Immigration in the US

Essential Question

In what ways is the Unites States a "nation of immigrants"?
What factors might a person have to weigh when considering whether to immigrate to another country? What might it be like to be faced with this decision?
• What might be some of the greatest challenges and rewards for immigrants to a new country? How might various immigrant groups from different periods of U.S. history have answered this question?
• Why has anti-immigrant sentiment arisen at different points in U.S. history?
• How has immigration influenced the laws and social services we have in the United States today?
• How do the experiences of immigrants in various periods of United States history compare to those of immigrants today?

Texts

Informational

Always Running

In this excerpt from his memoir, Rodriguez provides a stirring recollection from his adolescence: the first time he experienced racism as a result of being an immigrant in America. As he says, the experience "stays with [him] like a foul odor."

Luis J. Rodriguez

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Immigration Race & Ethnicity

July 2, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Critical Listening Guide

A guide to help students interpret, analyze and evaluate information encountered in a variety of media formats. Use this guide with the spoken and performed texts included in the Perspectives anthology.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.4, RL.6-12.6, RL.6-12.7, RL.6-12.8, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.4, RI.6-12.6, RI.6-12.7, RI.6-12.8, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.2, SL.6-12.3

July 13, 2014

Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Consuming and Creating Political Art

Students examine the history of political art. They then create their own murals, political cartoons or posters, demonstrating an understanding of social justice issues.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Truth to Power: Writing Letters for Change

Students write informed letters to corporate or elected officials, outlining their views on a social issue and calling for specific action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

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Immigration in the US

Always Running

Critical Listening Guide

Four Perspectives

Be the Change...

Consuming and Creating Political Art

Truth to Power: Writing Letters for Change

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