Introduction
This lesson was developed in the course
Teaching
with WebQuests , a course offered by the
Teacher
Education Institute . The lesson will
provide the student with many different perspectives of the immigration
process during the late 1800's through the early 1900's. In the
end the student will produce a creative, historical narrative about a
character's journey to the United States during the time period.
They will also assume the role of that person and present their story
to
the class. Throughout the process they will be required to
periodically email me with reflections of what they have learned along
the way.
This lesson originated from an earlier project where
the students used only library books and class discussion to create
their story, and there was no presentation portion. I decided to
adapt the original project because it has been a liked topic in the
past by my students. Currently the project is set up for an
individual student to assume the role of one person either alone or in
a family and tell their story. It allows the students the choice
to become a child, parent, grandparent, friend, etc. It can also
be modified so that a small group takes on the role of a family and
each member is responsible for becoming a part of that family.
There is only one drawback that I have noticed on this topic, too many
students choosing the same nation for their character's homeland.
I have limited the use of nations in the past, but at the same time no
2 stories will
really be the same due to creativity, or sources researched.
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