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Aims:
    1.    To develop concept of what it is like to immigrate to a new country.
    2.    To develop a sense of pride in one's heritage.
    3.    To use a database application.
    4.    To share one's ideas and appreciate ideas of others.
    5.    To develop interviewing skills.
    6.    To write a report of information.
    7.    To copy and paste text and graphics from one document to another.
    8.    To create a HyperStudio stack.

Standards Addressed:
    1.    producing a report of information
    2.    producing a response to literature
    3.    producing a narrative account
    4.    preparing and delivering an individual presentation
    5.    demonstrating a basic understanding of the rules of the English language in written work
    6.   analyzing and revising work to improve its clarity and effectiveness
     7.    gathering data about an entire group or by sampling group members to
understand the concept of a sample.
    8.    becoming aware of reasons for and effects of migration and immigration of different peoples to the United States in general and the New York City region specifically
    9.    developing awareness of the the democratic ideals upon which this nation was founded, as well as the struggle on the part of diverse groups to achieve these ideals over time
   10.    recognizing important political, economic, and social developments in
history of New York City and the United States and their impact on diverse
groups of Americans
   11.    recognizing the impact of people of diverse cultures on New York City and the United States over time

Setting:    technology lab or fourth grade classroom

Time Frame:     12-15 forty-five minute lessons

Material:
    If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island CD and book by Ellen Levine, ClarisWorks, SuperPrint, Student Writing Center, Kidpix, HyperStudio
 

Vocabulary:
database, field, word processor, clip art, spell check, document, font, style, text, delete, edit, slide show, copy, paste

Motivation:

    1. After reading If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island, by Ellen Levine, published by Scholastic Inc., New York, 1993 and viewing the accompanying CD, brainstorm to devise a list of questions to be used when interviewing a family member who has immigrated from another country to the United States as on semantic map below:
 
 

    2.   Create a database "interview form" using ClarisWorks.

3.    Students use the interview database to interview a family member about their immigration to the United States and record the information. (The interview may be done in person, via telephone, or via e-mail.)

Procedure:
1.    Students use the information on the interview database to write a composition on Student Writing Center, describing what it was like for that family member to immigrate to the United States. Students use a spell check and edit their writing, text font, style, size, and color. Students use Kidpix tools to illustrate their compositions. Students copy and paste their illustrations from Kidpix to Student Writing Center. See sample compositions at: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/ps101/chornik/immigrationstories.htm
2.    The compositions are printed, backed with backing paper, laminated, and bound into a book.
3.    The composition will be copied and pasted onto a HyperStudio card. Buttons will be added so that the student can add animations, sound, record themselves reading their stories, move to to next card.
4.    Parents will be invited in to view the slide show and book created by the students.

Evaluation:

Students' interviews will be evaluated on the setting up of the interview, preparation, note-taking, and follow-up questions asked. Click here to view the evaluation of the above completed interview database.

Students' compositions will be evaluated on the focus on the assigned topic, completion of requirements, organization, writing process, accuracy of facts, spelling and punctuation, and the illustrations. Click here to view the evaluation of the sample compositions.

Overall evaluation of concepts related to what it is like to immigrate to the United States can be done by viewing the "What we have learned" column on the KWL chart.

Note:    Some students may have difficulty in finding a person in their family to interview. In that case, students may interview an neighbor, friend, other student in the class or a school staff member.
 

Additional URLs:
http://cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html
This site provides photographs of Ellis Island and immigrants journeying to America.

Follow Up:
    1.    Search the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island to see if students' family members are listed. Names can be found at: http://wallofhonor.com/
    2.    Learn about famous people who immigrated to the United States from other countries at
http://americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sl/history/famous.html
After researching share information learned about these people via written and oral reports.
    3.    Read In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord