Immigration Quest
We're all immigrants. Even native Americans*
Parent Letter
A project overview for parents
Homework Assignment
A copy of the parent/grandparent interview sheet
2005 PROJECT UPDATE!
We're All Immigrants!
Parent Letter
A project overview for parents
Homework Assignment
A copy of the parent/grandparent interview sheet
2005 PROJECT UPDATE!
We're All Immigrants!
Choose a story to read from:
"Immigration: Meet Three Recent Immigrants"
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/recent/index.htm
Draw a picture in KidPix based on one of the five immigrants.
Use the TRUCK and MAGNET to COPY and PASTE your picture in PART ONE of your Immigration.html portfolio. Write a description of the picture and be sure to include the name of the immigrant and re-tell their story about coming to America. Make a LINK to the website.
Immigration Quest: You will locate your family's country or state of origin. Interview family members - 2 people from 2 different generations on the same side of your family (mother or father) - for family stories.
Questions to ask for your parent and grandparent homework interviews:
* Family member names (2 generations): Example - Dorothy
Brown (mother), Harry Tregear (grandfather)
* Family members birthplace, school, occupation(s), residence(s),
children
* Ask the older generation if they know what country their
relatives came from. Include as much information as possible:
• Country of origin
• Did your family immigrants come through Ellis Island, Angel Island or some other port of entry?
You may want to search for your immigrants through Ellis Island:
If your immigrants came from the west coast, you may want to explore Angle Island:
After the interviews
* Bring your interview notes to the computer lab. Write
a 3 paragraph report in WORD on your family immigration, starting from
your country of origin and working to the present day.
Start with a proper header and use the immigrant name
for your title.
Paragraph 1: State what country one side of your family
is from. Introduce immigrant names and other information that you have
collected.
Paragraph 2: Introduce older generation (grandmom or grandpop,
or great-aunt or great-uncle). Include information collected and any other
important information.
Paragraph 3: Introduce younger generation (mom or dad,
aunt or uncle). Include information collected and any other important information.
Insert your scanned picture(s): In WORD, use INSERT, PICTURE,
FROM FILE. Find your scanned pictures on the network: NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD/
ED / VOL1/ HOME/ 3rd PICS / IMMIGRATION.
Historians have shown that even native Americans were immigrants to
this country! They crossed over a land bridge - thousands of years ago
- which is now a body of water known as the Bering Straight. Click below
to see their route:
Bering Straight Land Bridge and the Migration of Early Indians
For more information:
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Historical and Cultural Significance of the Bering Land Bridge
PART TWO
• City (if known)
• Immigrant names
• Occupation(s)
• Date immigrated
http://www.ellisisland.org
http://www.angelisland.org
• Where did your family's immigrants to America settle
(town in USA)?
• Are there any interesting stories?
• Are there any photographs that you can bring to school
to scan for your report? IMPORTANT: Bring
no more than 2 photographs with names on back.
PART THREE
About
Native Americans
Many Native American people believe that they are native to the land
on which they are born, and prefer to be called by their tribal nation
name. For example, the Arapaho people believe that they are native to their
land in Wyoming.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/chavez/hinojosa/chicano125/map_1.html
http://www.nps.gov/bela/
http://www.nps.gov/bela/