Danger, Opportunity, and Hope: Immigrants' Stories

Students will consider the experience of immigration from the point of view of children who have immigrated to the U.S., based on a blend of fiction and nonfiction texts. These texts might include immigrants who lived in the past as well as contemporary times. Students compare and contrast the experience of two characters/actual children with a focus on their family's motivation for immigrating, what the immigrants brought with them (both tangible possessions and abstract things), and the personality traits they needed in order to adapt to a new culture and language.