1/21 (Red)

Date: 1/21 (Red) & 1/22/2010 (White)

Daily Lessson Plans

Objectives

- Identify numbered countries on a map (Europe).
- Describe the primary reasons people emigrate from their country of birth and immigrate to the United States.
- Identify key ways in which migration impacts the United States, immigrants, and the countries left behind.

Procedures

1) Students will be allowed five minutes to study for a pop quiz over the European Map they have completed. Students who made a 100% on the first quiz are excluded.
2) Students will take a map quiz. They will have to identify ten different countries. The countries they identify are numbered 1 thru 10.
3) Students will work on answers and artifacts for their Immigrant Interview (Geography Alive). These questions revolve around push/pull factors and the affect their immigration/emigration has on the U.S. and their home countries.
4) Graphic Organizer over “Lost Boys of Sudan” (refugees).

Assessment

Map Quiz – (Formative) Students will be assessed on the quiz with a grade ranging from 0 to 100. They will have a summative test over the twenty countries at a later date.
Immigrant Interview – (Formative) During this activity I walked around the room answering questions and making sure students were on task. Students will have one more block to complete this assignment.
“Lost Boys” Graphic Organizer – (Formative Assessment) This will be graded on a scale of 0 – 100. Students are allowed to take it home to complete.

Resources: Geography Alive Text, Map of Europe, Graphic Organizer