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Using Oral History to Understand Immigrant History Lesson PlanUsing Oral History to Understand Immigrant History Lesson Plan
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Using Oral History to Understand Immigrant History

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Students use oral history to comprehend how life chaned for men, women, and childern when they immigrated to the United States. Students conduct interviews with immigrants in an attempt to interpret hardships, lifestyles, careers, and theri adjustments to life in the new world. Students also locate primary source documents that focus on immigrant experiences.

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interpretation, discrimination, immigration

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discrimination, immigration, interpretation, oral hisotry, english language arts
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategy
Research

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