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An Immigrant's Journey
Students collect photos of immigrants coming to the United States. They write fictional journal entries for one of the photographs.
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An Immigrant’s Experience
After interviewing an immigrant about their voyage to the United States and first impressions of the country, young learners create a fictional series of journal entries and design an iMovie depicting their interviewee's story.
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A Personal Narrative on the Immigration Experience
The students create a personal narrative on their experiences with immigration. In this lesson plan, students are asked to read and understand examples of narrative writing as well as evaluate lyrics from Ben Folds Five to determine...
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An Immigrant's Journey
Students use books, resource CDs, and the Internet to research and collect images of the experiences of immigrants in 1907. They are divided into groups of four to write journal entries for a fictional, yet historically accurate, immigrant.
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The Vikings
High schoolers research and explore Viking culture, distinguishing between fact and fiction, and examine their contribution to our society.
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The Holocaust: Survival Stories
Pupils use survival stories as the theme for written assignments and a photography presentation.