A Webquest for 4th- 5th grade students and teachers to use in the classroom!
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Introduction
America is a “melting pot”. Like a soup whose ingredients all blend together to make a deliciously warm meal, individuals from all around the world came to America and created a country rich in ideas, traditions, and customs. The people came and continue to come for a variety of reasons, but always to achieve the same thing—a better life for themselves and their families. As a result, they continually change our nation.
The face of our nation continues to change with each new wave of immigrants. Who you are today is directly related to the family that raised you and the country from which they came.
In this Web Quest, you will work cooperatively to learn about past immigration to America and to our home state of Wisconsin.
Problem
Your family is in danger of dying at the hands of communist soldiers because of your religious beliefs. You must either hideout for the rest of your lives or face the consequences. (Germany) |
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The potato famine has wiped out your family’s main source of both income and food. You have no way to feed your family or pay your bills. (Ireland) |
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Your family is living in poverty and there is no way to get out of it. No chance of getting a better job. No chance of providing food and clothes for your family. (Italy) |
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Your family has lost its farmland and there is no more to be found. You have no way to make a living and support your family. (Denmark, Sweden, Norway) |
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Disease is taking your family from you one at a time. You are too poor to get medical help or move to more sanitary conditions. Your government is telling you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. (Poland) |
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You make your own decisions to find a better life and more opportunities for work. (England) |
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Your family and friends are being persecuted just for being who they are. (Russia) |
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Beg, borrow, or steal your way to America, the land of freedom and wealth.
Task Those are the turmoils your ancestors lived through and survived. You will become personally involved in this very important part of our/your American history. You will be researching the complete immigration experience: √ Life in the Old World
At the conclusion of your research, you will be presenting your exciting new knowledge of the immigration experience with the rest of the class in a Power Point presentation, in the form of a reflective narrative. The end result will be a class cumulative presentation on the entire immigration experience. |
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Procedure 1. After participating in the class tally of cultural backgrounds, create a class cultural backgrounds chart using Microsoft Excel. It should be a data chart or table with colors and labels. Example:
2. Using the information for your chart, choose which country your immigration group will be origination from. Base your decision on a group consensus of the countries that had the largest impact on our classroom. 3. Each group member will be taking on the role of an immigrant from your chosen country. 4. Your group has a teacher-selected captain. He/she will assist each member in finding a job that suits him/her. Each member will then need to research according to the responsibilities of his/her job:
5. Take notes, using links and resources listed below. To take notes, each member should use a piece of multi-folded note paper, taking notes in the appropriate columns.
6. Using your notes, compile a 1 page reflective narrative describing the immigration experience of your “immigrant” in your portion of your assignment. Remember the writing criteria: written in paragraphs, using topic sentences, correct grammar, sentence structure and including and introduction and conclusion. 7. Type your paper into a class Power Point presentation.
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