why do people immigrate? How are they treated in their new home?
Social Studies Standards
National Council for the Social Studies Standards (NCSS)
Standard I - Culture Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity Standard III- People, Places and the Environment Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places and environments Standard IV- Science, Technology and Society Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of relationships among science, technology and society. National Content Standards for Arts Education Music 4. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 5. Understanding music in relation to history and culture. Visual Arts 4. Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. VA SOL Skills USI.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship b) make connections between past and present d) interpret historical ides from different historical perspectives e) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing i) identify the costs and benefits of specific choices made, including the consequences, both intended and unintended, of the decisions and how people and nations responded to positive and negative incentives |
science standards
National Science Education Standards (NCES)
5-8: F. SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Populations, Resources, and Environments a. When an area becomes overpopulated, the environment will become degraded due to the increased use of resources. b. Causes of environmental degradation and resource depletion vary from region to region and from country to country. VA SOL Earth Resources 6.9 The student will investigate and understand public policy decisions relating to the environment. Key concepts include a) management of renewable resources; b) management of nonrenewable resources; c) the mitigation of land-use and environmental hazards through preventive measures; and d) cost/benefit tradeoffs in conservation policies. |
objectives
- SWBAT evaluate the reasons why people chose to immigrate to a new country. (social studies & science)
- SWBAT evaluate the hardships and benefits of life in a new country. (social studies)
- SWBAT recognize and appreciate music, art and language of different cultures. (social studies)
activities
- Explore - Invite two guest speakers to come to the class and share with the students their "immigration" story. The teacher will have provided the guest speaker with an overview of the information they would like to hear about in regards to the story; a) Identify any scarce resources - such as land, jobs or food that existed in their country of origin. b) What caused the scarcity? c) Did the lack of resources drive them to leave? d) What other drivers led to their immigration? e) How did they arrive to the US? f) Is life in the US as they expected? g) What are some hardships and improvements in their life when comparing their two homes? (10 minutes per speaker- whole group)
- Explore - Guest speakers will share art, music and language from their country of origin. (10 minutes- whole group)
- Explain - After sharing their stories and culture, students will ask the guest speaker the questions compiled in the prior lesson. (5 minutes- whole group)
- Elaborate - After both speakers are done, the teacher ask students to circulate the room adding to the graffiti charts with information that they have learned over the past 4 lessons about population issues, immigration and scarce resources. (10 minutes- whole group)
Materials
- Question list from the prior lesson.
- Graffiti charts from lesson #1.
Assessment
- Anecdotal - Use a checklist to note students participation and analysis skills when asking questions of the speaker and building the KWL chart. Do they demonstrate analysis and comprehension of the immigrant story to identify reasons why the speaker chose to leave and hardships and improvements in their new life.