Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, WorksheetsDate Posted: 7/7/2008
In this activity kit, students will use primary and secondary sources, and conduct oral history interviews to construct a family immigration or migration story. The kit contains step-by-step instructions, sample interview questions, and research guidance. The kit can be used in conjunction with a 28 minute streaming video called Creating Stories: America on the Move Electronic Field Part 2. It is included in the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in US history.
Questioning techniques
This sign was purchased by a North Beach second-hand shop from a proprietor in the neighboring Ch...
museum, transformation, progress, social history, America on the Move, environment, lifestyle, geography, movement, transportation, family, modernization, migration, primary source, globalization, change, American life, immigration, travel, culture
A Jewish immigrant who is saving money to bring his wife and children to join him in American cre...
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