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Immigration: Are We There Yet? Students will read several stories about people who immigrated to America. They will identify common hardships immigrants faced and identify character traits. Based on this information students will assume the role of an immigrant and create imaginary journals/diaries of an immigrant which depict leaving their homeland, their voyage to America, the arrival into Ellis Island and the entrance process and examination at Ellis Island. Students will select one of their journal/diary entries and create a pod cast. America is known as the “melting pot” because it is made up of many diverse populations, who have contributed to its history and culture. Through literature one can determine commonalities among the people who immigrated to the shores of America. People continue to choose America as its final destination for many of the same reasons immigrants chose to relocate more than 100 years ago. Students will select one of the readings and identify events in the story. Based on these events students will determine how the events increased/decreased a characters hope for a better life in America. ** Showing Evidence ** Students will find evidence from their readings to support the claim that, “Immigrants faced many hardships and difficulties.” [|Are We There Yet.doc]
 * Summary of ideas for overall project: **
 * Subject and grade level: ** Language Arts/Social Studies -4th Grade
 * Essential Question: ** Are we there yet?
 * Unit Questions: **
 * Who were the immigrants?
 * What difficulties did the immigrants face?
 * Based on what you know about immigration, what personality traits would you use to describe an immigrant?
 * Content Questions: **
 * What countries did immigrants leave?
 * Why did people from these countries immigrate to America ?
 * What was the entrance process and examination at Ellis Island ?
 * List 5 common personality traits to describe an immigrant.
 * The project idea-real world connections, authenticity: **
 * Concerns, questions, desired feedback **
 * Visual Ranking **
 * Before beginning the unit students will prioritize a list of reasons that immigrants sought to make America their home.
 * At the end of the unit, students will again prioritize a list of reasons for immigration. They will compare this list to the previous list to see if any of the ideas changed.
 * Seeing Reason **
 * Resources **