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 10th Grade US History Immigration Project  You are meant to gain a better understanding of the cultural differences from our own, as well as what it may be like to be a foreigner in a country other than your own. I would like you to research a foreign country that speaks the language in which you are taking or have taken here in school, for instance, if you have Ms. Rufener, you would do a Spanish speaking country. However, if none of the members of your group are in a foreign language course and have never been, please choose a country of interest to you. Together you and your group members will need to find information regarding customs, lifestyles and ethnic foods from the designated region of the world. You have the option of creating a fictional documentary (15 minute movie) or writing a 5 page fictional paper to illustrate role-playing immigrants coming to the United States. If you choose the paper form, during your presentation you will be required to include a powerpoint along with your lecture. No matter which form of presentation you choose, you are required to illustrate statistical and probability analysis from the Census data you find with a diagram of your choosing. Mr. Drown has useful information available to you on his wiki (Graphs & Charts ). Feel free to utilize this resource, as well as any other program or online resource you discover.

The students’ Language Arts classes will also be involved in the culmination and contribution to the final piece for presentation. This will be done through students being responsible for quality written assignments and journal reactions. To see more about the Language Arts requirements, go to Ms. Wiens's page.

In presenting the fictional autobiographies, the students will include important statistical information on how their characters' lives are affected by immigration. Students writing as immigrants will discuss subjects as; how many people actually successfully make it into the United States(legally and illegally), crime and discrimination against immigrants, and how immigrants are employed in the United States. Students writing as Americans living in immigrant neighborhoods will cover subjects as; differences in pay wages, school student body demographics, and the costs on society supporting the incoming populations(welfare, aid, etc.). These statistics can be compiled and finalized in the students math class.

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