What do Jerry Yang, Patrick Ewing, John Muir, Charlize Theron, Peter Jennings, and Saint Frances X Cabrini all have in common? They are all immigrants to the United States. Famous and not-so-famous immigrants are the focus of a resource that asks class members to first research and role play interviews with famous people before conducting interviews to learn the migration stories of a person of their choice. 

Concepts

united states immigration, canadian immigration, emigration, human migration

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide class members with rubrics that will be used to evaluate the interview activity and the written report
• Select one interview from each of the seven categories and ask the teams to perform for the entire class

Classroom Considerations

• Requires multiple copies of multiple handouts
• The first in a series of 13 resources designed to be used in order

Pros

• The 10-page packet includes tips for teachers that suggest ways to deal with issues that may arise
• Instructions for the activity include suggested interview questions
• A list of famous immigrants is included for the research project

Cons

• No rubrics are included

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.7 RH.11-12.2