Context:
th
Grade Level: 11 Grade
Discipline(s): American History
Unit Theme: Age of Immigration
Text(s) Used: Adapted American History Texts, Letters from Ellis
Island
Culminating The students will complete an Interview with an
Project / immigrant or refugee and then complete a Time
Event: Line including dates of when their interviewee
came to America as well as other key dates that
have to do with the Age of Immigration
Student This school serves English Language Learners who
Population are Spanish speaking Karen, Rwandan, Norwegian
Served By children as well as native English speakers. They
School: tend to be in the working class or lower middle
class.
Total Number This lesson plan is designed for between 15-25
of Students: learners.
Class There are 12 females and 10 males, mostly Spanish
Description: speakers, some Karen and one Rwandan
Students at 7 of the students are at the comprehension phase,
Various Levels 5 are at the early phase, 4 are at the Speech
of the SLA Emergence Phase and 6 towards full production. To
Process ensure that each student understands what is
going on photos and a sound clips to accentuate
the lesson.
Lesson Information
Lesson Title
Coming to America
Grouping Groups of Three to make sure that everyone uses
Configuratio academic language
ns:
Short Range Learning Targets & Assessments:
Content Learning Targets: Content Assessment(s):
By the end of this lesson we will Give a timeline of the advance of the
be able to identify why people age of immigration
leave their home countries and
give a timeline of events during
the Age of Immigration.
Language / Literacy Learning Language / Literacy
Targets: Assessment(s):
Be able to tell the difference Able to speak in vocabulary terms,
between a Immigrant and be able to discuss the text and
Refugee letters and conduct and interview
Academic Success Learning ASLT Assessment(s):
Targets Be able to make a timeline of their
We as a class will have an interviewees story
understanding of timelines
Semiotic or Multi-modal Meaning Making Materials for Clarifying &
Reinforcing:
A. Introduction / Hook:
A1. Connection Good morning Class! How are you all today? How many of
to / Activation you or your parents or grandparents have come from a
of BRK-LE or different country? Well today we are going to learn about
Funds of people who have moved to America from other countries.
Knowledge:
A2. Link Past Well if you or someone you know has come to
Learning to America, you are not the first to do so, in Americas
Present History, millions of people from all over have
Knowledge: immigrated, or moved to a new country. People
leave their home countries for a variety of reasons.
Maybe they didnt have work in their old countries,
maybe they were in danger or they could have
been looking for adventure.
A3. Establish By the end of this lesson, we will be able to talk
Purpose: about and discuss reasons why people have left
their home countries for America throughout
history. Using vocab we learn, we will conduct an
interview of a visitor and find out why they came
here, when they arrived and what they did when
they got here. Ok class gets started.
B. Presentation & Practice / Application
B3. Content
Strategy: A. Talk about family or
(Student-practiced personal immigrant
Activity or experiences Hold up 3 fingers and tell
Problemsolving)
the class to break up into
B. Compare and Contrast groups of three and
them from the ones discuss one anothers
we read about and stories
discussed