Unit Plan

Immigrants: Our Ancestors

By  Ruth Manna
  • Grades: 3–5

Overview

The United States includes people of many races, cultures, ethnicities, and religions who have come together to make one nation. Students learn about who they are and where they came from by interviewing relatives and displaying their results.

Objective

Students will:

  1. Interview parents about family history and record results
  2. Display results using timeline, bar graph, and maps
  3. Listen to and discuss read-aloud books
  4. Create artwork to show what they have learned

Lesson Plans for this Unit

Culminating Activity

An international luncheon is one way to celebrate diversity and conclude this unit. Ask parents and adult co-workers to prepare a dish from another country to share at the luncheon. Invite parents to join you. We had everything from pizza to fried rice to enchiladas. We ended our celebration with a piñata.

Supporting Books

Books for Teaching About Immigrants

  • Part of Collection:
    Exploring Family Heritage
  • Everything You Need:
    Immigration: Everything You Need, Family: Everything You Need
  • Subjects:
    Cooking, Charts and Graphs, Guided Reading, Listening Comprehension, Research Skills, Expository Writing, Communities and Ways of Life, Culture and Diversity, Early Writing, Extended Families, Parents, Religion and Philosophy, Immigration, Visual Arts, Pride and Self-Esteem, Understanding Self and Others, Homework and Tests
  • Skills:
    Development of Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Maps, Primary Sources, Listening Comprehension, Research Skills, Expository Writing
  • Duration:
    4 Weeks
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