To kick off our unit on immigration and cultures, we played an immigration simulation game. In each round of this game, the students participated in an activity and experienced some unusual rules that they could connect with our reading about immigration that day. Have your child tell you about the game and how they connected the ideas in the game to the ideas in our textbook.
Here are some questions that can spur a conversation about our immigration game.
Round 1:
- What did you do on this day? Have your child explain what is happening in the pictures.
- Why are there so many people in the little rectangle? What did you connect it to?
- What are those pictures students are holding up?
- What were the unfair rules in the game?
- Why do some immigrants choose to immigrate to a new country?
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| Round 1 Connections |
Round 2:
- What did you do on this day?
- Why are kids crab walking? What did you connect it to?
- What is happening with the eye chart? What did you connect it to?
- What were some challenges immigrants faced when immigrating?
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| Round 2 Connections |
Round 3
- What did you do on this day?
- How was this day's picture contest different than day 1?
- What did you learn about an immigrant's life after immigrating? What are some pros and cons of immigrating?
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| Round 3 Connections |
As a bonus assignment, some students talked with their families about where their family immigrated from. Some shared stories of recent immigrations, while others shared about their great, great, great grandparents. If you haven't yet shared your family's story with your child, I am sure they would enjoy hearing about it.
