Keywords
Brothers; Culture/Ethnicity; Dangerous; Family Relationships; Family separation; Immigrants and refugees; Language barrier; Learning a new language; Prejudice; Race discrimination; Racial Diversity; Resettlement; Ship; Single mother; Single parent; strike; Transcontinental railroad; Travel; Unequal pay
Abstract
The student will describe the main character(s), setting, and important events in a story. ● The student will retell the text in oral or written form to enhance comprehension; the student will use main story elements at the beginning, middle, and end for a literary text. ● The student will use one or more multimedia element(s) to enhance oral or written tasks. ● The student will use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing. ● The student will understand how to use and create a timeline. ● The student will recognize the importance of celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events, and our nation’s ethnic heritage. ● The student will identify reasons people came to the United States throughout history. ● The student will identify contributions from various ethnic groups to the United States.
Date Created
10-26-2021
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
College
College of Community Innovation and Education
Subjects
K-3; English Language Arts; Social Studies
STARS Citation
Matthews, Trishell, "Coolies" (2021). Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities. 49.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies-project/49