Lauder,+Becky

Please make comments on my feedback page. = Coming to America = In this unit, the students will study the large-scale immigration to the United States in the early 1900s. The students will research why the immigrants came, the regions (countries) they came from, and the struggles/opportunities they experienced after they arrived in America. Students will explore the cultural and economic contributions immigrants made to America.

Why do people move?
 * Curriculum Framing Questions**
 * Essential Question**

**Unit Questions** How does the movement of people affect the growth of a nation? Do cultural differences make a nation stronger?

**Content Questions** What countries were most of the immigrants from and why did they choose to leave? What process did immigrants go through at Ellis Island or Angel Island before entering America? What opportunities and/or resistance did immigrants face when they arrived in America? What cultural contributions  did immigrants make to America? What economic contributions did immigrants make to America? Blog - [|Becky Lauder's Blog] Unit Plan - [|Immigration Unit Plan.doc] Summative Assessment - [|Immigration Presentation Rubric 2.doc] Student Sample - [|Immigration Student Sample.ppt] Facilitation Resource - http://blytheimmigrationproject.wikispaces.com/

Any other document you would like to share Facilitation Power Point - [|Unit Facilitation Presentation.ppt]