Immigration Debate

Eight graders complete a novel study on immigration.  Below are some questions they discuss and resources to supplement the conversation.

Introducing Immigration

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/
• Tenement Museum - http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/logcabin.html

Do you personally know an immigrant?

• http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_teen_immigrants5.html

Why do immigrants come to the United States?

• http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/
• http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp

What are the current policies/laws regarding immigration?

• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/immigration
• http://www.cfr.org/immigration/us-immigration-policy/p20030
• http://www.cis.org/

Should immigrants continue to come to the U.S.? Why or why not?

• http://www.tolerance.org/immigration-myths
• The Choices Program - http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_immigration.php
• http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/learning-about-u-s-immigration-with-the-new-york-times/

Immigration Debate

Read article, Sin Papales (Best Nonfiction text) as a class, pausing throughout to identify the difficulties associated with illegal immigration

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Sin-papeles-6367315/

After reading the article, cite evidence in the article to support statements

Pros and Cons

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/pros-and-cons-comparison-t-chart-for-students-TC101887892.aspx

http://www.businessballs.com/problemsolving.htm

Persuasive Writing

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/?topic=persuasive

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listpersuasid.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/lessonplan-04.html