Click on the blue tab that says 'meet the new americans', on the independent lens site: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/newamericans.html. Choose one of the stories, and read the introduction and one of the episode articles.
How did reading the story affect you? What do you think would be the most difficult part of moving to a new country? How could the US help people who are coming to this country for the first time? And, what advice would you give to someone who was new to this country?
When you are finished, click on the red tab to explore the art, music, food, and language that immigrants carry with them, and click on the yellow tab to take the immigration quiz.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Information Literacy
Start on this page: http://education.nmsu.edu/faculty/ci/milevy/medialiteracy.html. We are going to read through the "What is media literacy?" section together, then choose a topic to research for the period.
Friday, January 16, 2009
1-16-08 8th Grade Immigration/Refugee Assignment
Immigration:
Please look at the following site:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/index.html
Choose one of the "new Americans" stories, and read the introduction, and one of the three episode summaries.
Write 1 paragraph about how reading the story affected you, and what you think the most difficult part about being an immigrant in a foreign country would be.
When you are done, feel free to explore the cultural riches section (about the Art, Music, Food, and Language that immigrants bring to the US), or take the quiz.
Refugees:
Please look at the following site:http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/l2/word/inmigration.htm
Research a group of Refugees by following one or more of the links.
Write 1 paragraph about how reading about this group affected you, and what you think the most difficult part about being a refugee in a foreign country would be.
When you are done, feel free to explore the rest of the site, or take a quiz.
Please look at the following site:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/index.html
Choose one of the "new Americans" stories, and read the introduction, and one of the three episode summaries.
Write 1 paragraph about how reading the story affected you, and what you think the most difficult part about being an immigrant in a foreign country would be.
When you are done, feel free to explore the cultural riches section (about the Art, Music, Food, and Language that immigrants bring to the US), or take the quiz.
Refugees:
Please look at the following site:http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/l2/word/inmigration.htm
Research a group of Refugees by following one or more of the links.
Write 1 paragraph about how reading about this group affected you, and what you think the most difficult part about being a refugee in a foreign country would be.
When you are done, feel free to explore the rest of the site, or take a quiz.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
1/8/09 - 8th Grade Harlem Renaissance
Go to the Harlem Renaissance webquest: http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/012/index.htm. Read the introduction, and then click on the investigation tab. Follow the links to take a tour of Harlem, listen to some of the music that was made during the Harlem Renaissance, or learn more about the literature that came out of the Harlem Renaissance. And answer the questions about the topic you chose, that are shown on the graphic organizer.
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