ObjectivesStudents will be able to: conduct oral history interviews; understand and use research methodology, including online primary resources; understand the difference between primary and secondary sources; evaluate all information resources for relevance and accuracy; discuss changes in immigration/migration over time; analyze photographs; create web sites. Time RequiredFour weeks Recommended Grade Level11th grade American history Curriculum FitAmerican history and library research methods; interdisciplinary, involving English, art, music, and computer technology Standards McREL 4th Edition Standards & Benchmarks Geography Standard 4. Understands the physical and human characteristics of place Standard 12. Understands the patterns of human settlement and their causes Historical Understanding Standard 2. Understands the historical perspective Language Arts Standard 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes Standard 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts Standard 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media US History Standard 17. Understands massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity Standard 23. Understand the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American Society Standard 24. Understands how the New Deal addressed the Great Depression, transformed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state Resources Used: Film Resources Migration Essay Online Resources Photo Analysis Guide Print Resources Scoring Rubric
McREL 4th Edition Standards & Benchmarks
Geography Standard 4. Understands the physical and human characteristics of place Standard 12. Understands the patterns of human settlement and their causes
Historical Understanding Standard 2. Understands the historical perspective
Language Arts Standard 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes Standard 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts Standard 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
US History Standard 17. Understands massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity Standard 23. Understand the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American Society Standard 24. Understands how the New Deal addressed the Great Depression, transformed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state
