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Four Immigrant Groups: Their Lives and Music Lesson PlanFour Immigrant Groups: Their Lives and Music Lesson Plan
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Four Immigrant Groups: Their Lives and Music

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Fourth graders examine the experiences of four immigrant groups. Class members brainstorm a list of misconceptions of those groups and discuss if these perceptions are still present today. Using maps, groups locate the countries of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Cuba, and research why emigrants left their home country. To end the instructional activity, researchers compare and contrast the music of the four countries.

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Concepts

cultural awareness, immigration

Additional Tags

cultures, immigrants, cuba, elian gonzalez, immigration, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the resource as part of a study of the Caribbean or as part of a world music festival

Classroom Considerations

  • Instructors must provide audio versions of the music

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  • Includes personal narrative of emigrants from each country

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