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EdTech 501, Week 8 AssignmentName of Lesson: Immigration

Grade Level: 2Subject: Social Studies

Prepared by: Karrie Y. Cox

Overview and Purpose:

Do you know how people become citizens of the United States? In Immigration Nation,

you'll find out as you guide newcomers along their path to citizenship. The goals of this

lesson plan are for students to develop a sense ofempathy and to become aware of the

varied type of immigration ports that immigrants used and forwhat reasons. Much of the

learning will be discovery based through role -play.

Educational Standards1. This game can be used to meet state standards that cover the need to identify

various ways people become citizens of the United States (e.g. birth,naturalization), as well as identification ofcharacter traits that belong to aneffective citizen.

2. Fourth graders study the history of the state ofCalifornia by investigating itsgeography, immigration, growth and pre-Columbian roots.

History Social Science

4.4.3Discuss the immigration and migration

Language Arts Standards:

2.0 Reading ComprehensionStudents read and understands grade-level-appropriate material. They drawupon a variety ofcomprehension strategies as needed (e.g., generating andresponding to essential questions, making predictions, comparing informationfrom several sources).

Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text2.2State the purpose in reading (i.e., tell what information is sought).

2.3 Use knowledge of the authors purpose(s) to comprehendinformational text.2.4 Ask clarifying questions about essential textual elements ofexposition(e.g., why, what if, how).2.5 Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas.2.6 Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a text

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Objectives:Specify skills/information that will be learned

Students willdevelop a sense ofempathy with theexperiences of immigrantswho came to America.

Students will understandthe idea of a citizen

Materials Needed:

Computers: Tablet Computer, Computer Internet access Adobe Flash Player

Other Resources:

Immigration Nati

on Game

Information:

Immigration Nation is designed for students to apply critical thinking skills to scenarioswhile learning about the various paths immigrants take when they enter the UnitedStates.

Verification:Steps to check for student understanding

The web-based game, Immigration Nation will give results that can be printed. Thisfeedback is broken down into correct and incorrect answers.

Evaluation ofstudents on their personal website experience and what they learnedalong the way. Below is a rubric to be used for student reports:

Three points: responds to complete outline; writes strongly cohesive,unified paragraphs; writes prose that is free oferrors in grammar, usage,and mechanics

Two Points: responds to most of the outline; writes moderately cohesive,unified paragraphs; makes some errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

One Point: responds incompletely tooutline; lacks paragraph cohesion andunity; makes many errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

Activity:

Describe activity that will reinforce the lesson:

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Share with students that since Europeans and then others first started coming to this

country many have written fiction and nonfiction about the immigrant experience.

Explain that after an initial class discussion, students will read a book related to

immigration, will write a reviewof the book, and will then hold a follow-up discussion on

the topic.

Lead a discussion that can include both students born in the United States and studentswho have immigrated here. You might focus the discussion on the following questions:

Why have people come to the United States in the past? Why do people come to the United States today? What are the benefits for immigrants and for the country when people from

other lands settle here?

Students will write, individually or in groups, a reviewofwhat they have learned from thewebsite interactive immigration game based tool. Have them write according to

guidelines youve put together, or ask them tofollowone of the outlines below.Introduction

Title Date

Body Setting Time and place Appropriateness

Immigrant Characters Names and descriptions Realism ofportrayals

Plot Summary

Conclusion Youroverall opinion Your recommendation.

Evaluation:You can evaluate your students on their book reviews using the three-point rubric:

Three points: responds to complete outline; writes strongly cohesive,unified paragraphs; writes prose that is free oferrors in grammar, usage,and mechanics

Two Points: responds to most of the outline; writes moderately cohesive,unified paragraphs; makes some errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

One Point: responds incompletely tooutline; lacks paragraph cohesion andunity; makes many errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

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Notes

This lesson plan was developed for using the iCivics Immigration Nation website.