Immigration+Past+and+Present


 * Day One (July 6, 2010) - Introduction to Technology/Immigration

Opener ** ** - What current effects is immigration having in the United States? ** Immigrants arriving here in the US are causing tension with citizens as well as challenging the rights they have here. ** - Who is an immigrant? ** An immigrant is someone who leaves his/her native country to live in another for whatever reason. There are many reasons why a person may immigrate. Some being jobs, an opportunity, escaping poverty, famine, or war. ** - What is your immigration history? ** My Mother as well as my sister are both Immigrants from Dominican Republic.
 * - What are some reasons why people immigrate? **



**Activity One**

1. Students will trace their own immigrant past by exploring the NY Times interactive map [|NY Times Map]
==== Student should click their own ethnic background on the drop down menu and use the sliding timeline to trace when people of the same ethnic background began arriving in the U.S. and where they went initially. They will also look to see where the ‘enclaves’/neighborhoods exist today. ====

Highlighting and inserting comments in a word document
 * Activity Two **
 * 1) Open the document [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://21centuryimmigration.wikispaces.com/file/view/Mexican+officials+decry+news.doc"]] [|Mexican officials decry news.doc]
 * 2) Select from the the file menu: **View.....Toolbars......Reviewing**
 * 3) Click the **highlighter icon** to highlight key terms
 * 4) Place the cursor next to a word or phase in the document that you want to comment or revise
 * 5) Click the **insert comment** icon to write a comment or revision
 * 6) Use the highlighter and comment features to pair/share your paragraphs on Isolationism
 * 7) ** Print your paragraph with revisions -** **Be sure to include your name**



** Day Two (July 7, 2010) - Life as an Immigrant & the Effects of Immigration in the Early 1900s ** **Activity One** - Take a couple of minutes to "personalize" your immigration page on your wikispace. Add a flag or map of your family's heritage or something to represent your/your family's immigration history!



**Activity Two** Go to the site, “The Peopling of America” [|Peopling of America]. As you navigate through the site, gather a list of reasons why people immigrate/leave their home lands (push factors). Then use a **Wordle** to make a ‘splash’ of the various reasons that people immigrate. Wordle. In other words, use Wordle as a brainstroming tool to create a visual representation of the reasons people immigrate. Please print your wordle when you are finished and save it.

**Activity Three** Next, explore a tenement and the life of a recent immigrant in the 1900's using the Virtual Tour found on the New York Tenement website. Follow all of the directions/arrows on the virtual tour, finishing with the creation of the postcard. Then, print the post card. When you have finished the tour, please go to your electronic notebook that you set up on the first day. Create a new section and title it "Effects of Immigration". Then on the page, please answer the following questions: __a. What is a tenement house? (You may have to search other sites to answer this question)__A tenement house is a very small apartment that takes up no more than three rooms. It includes a parlor, kitchen and a small bedroom. __b. How did immigration lead to the creation of tenement housing?__ //__c. What is life like for new immigrants in the early 1900's? What is life like in tenement housing?__ Life for immigrants here in America basically revolves around struggle but also the perservernce that these people have to create a better life for themsleves and their family. There really isn't much fun but they try to be entertained when possible either by playing stick ball or listening to music. __d. What potential obstacles can you see for recently arrived immigrants in the early 1900s?__ Some obstacles that immigrants may go through include living in a small space with more people then it can handle. The struggle against easily spread diseases. Not having enough money to support your family with the basic necesities (food, clothing, housing)//



** Day Three (July 8, 2010) - Immigration Today **

**Objectives:** explain/describe problems happening along the Mexican Border. analyze the new Arizona Law and provide evidence to support or oppose this law. **Tech. Objectives:** Students will be able to..... create a voicethread

** Final Project **: Students will create a Voicethread about Immigration Today. Students will have an online interactive chat through [|pirates pad] to discuss possible ideas for this project. The objective is to choose a partner to work with and discuss possible topics/ideas that could be made into a voice thread.