Unit Tasks:

You will be asked to complete some activities online and some in your notebooks. For anything done online, you should save a draft in your Google Drive or CPS email so that you can access it later.
You will be completing tasks with some tools on the Web. Please review these sites and start to become familiar with them.
http://www.meograph.com/
http://www.thinglink.com/


Next Task:
Week of Feb 4, 2013
Immigration Reform

Week of January 28, 2013
Social Studies Links - Nativism
Week of January 22, 2013
  • Read the illegal immigration articles on the last page of this wiki. Fill in the graphic organizer.
  • Create an essay sharing your perspective on this debate. Support it with facts and opinions. Type the final draft into a Google doc. Share with your teacher and one other students for editing.
  • Read 10 Steps to Naturalization and create a map/guide for new immigrants to understand the process
  • Organize with www.popplet.com if you want

Week of January 14, 2013
  • Complete the Immigration IQ test and continue to look for unknown words. Put every word you do not know in your notebook and continue to find the meanings - http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/quiz.html
  • Read and evaluate articles about people who have immigrated to the United States. Think about the theme of the story and what challenges they faced immigrating here.
  • Complete Clink-Clunk Worksheet
  • Fill out Google form on the Homepage.