Refugees:  EVERYONE HAS TO FIGHT TO BE FREE

Mr. White-Espin

Global Studies Academy

Standards| Scenario| Task| Resources| Assessment|

Standards
 Washington State EALRs <http://www.k12.wa.us/curriculuminstruct/default.aspx>    ISTE Technology Standards < http://cnets.iste.org/students>

Essential Question/Scenario

How can you best educate others about the experiences of recent immigrants and refugees?
As a student in this class you will become experts about refugees and immigration.  Each student will present his or her family’s story of coming to America and the experience of leaving the country of birth and learning to live in a new country, learning a new language, and adapting to a new culture.

Your Task
You will have to do research.  First briefly describe your home country.  Where is the country?  What is its history? 

You need to answer the following questions:  When did people from your native country first begin coming to the United States?  What motivated people to leave?  Or Why do they come?  How many people from your country are living in the United States?  What is your countries relationship to the United States?  How many refugees/immigrants from your country come to the United States?  What is the currently happening in your country?

Resources

Statistics:

For statistical information about your country go to www.nationmaster.com  Click on countries and find your countries profile.  Under the category immigration:  Record the number of refugees, immigrants, and acceptance rates to the United States.  Don't just record the numbers, later you will need to know what the numbers refer to.  Write the number and tell what it describes.

Other resources:      www.theirc.org    International Rescue Committee

                                       www.archq.org    American Refugee

                                       www.refugee.net    Refugee Republic

                                       www.cis.org     Immigration Center
 

For Country History:

Go to MarcoPolo Search Engine
http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp

Search for the name of your country and history.  Limit your subject to Social Studies.  Then view the list of approved website.  Select the sites that will best help answer the questions about history of people and movements and current events.
 

Also check out:  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html 

(Not all countries are available.)

 

Assessment Criteria  FACT SHEET
Your final product will be a one-page typed fact sheet.  The fact sheet will be sent to schools before your presentation.  Other classes will read your fact sheet, it has to be complete, without errors, and easy to read.

 

Use the FACT SHEET guide to write for your country.

 

Include a timeline of important dates in your countries history.  Go to 

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/  then scroll down to Time Line Generator.  You will have to be pick out major events in the history of your homeland.    Also go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/  find the search engine at this site and type Timeline: Yourcountry   For example,  Timeline: Ecuador. 

 

ARRIVAL STORY

Write Your Personal Arrival Stories. 

You need to write your own story of coming to America and adjusting to life in the United States.  Use the Arrival Story guide to help you write.  Click here--Arrival Story to follow link.

Collect Artifacts. 

It is also important to have visuals to make your presentation interesting and keep the attention of the audience.  These can be pictures, maps, items from refugee camps, "refugee soccer ball", ration cards, passport, visa...