2. Analyze the Learner
• General Characteristics: There are 24 students enrolled in Ms. Wolfe’s 5th grade
class. Out of the 24 students, there are 13 girls and 11 boys. In this class there are
a select few of minorities, which are Indians, Jewish and African Americans. Out
of the 24 students in the class, 9 of these children fit into these minorities. There
are 2 Indians, 2 Jewish, and 5 African Americans.
• Specific Entry Competencies: This class will not have many if any prior
knowledge on Immigration in the Americas. The students will most likely know
that certain ethnicities immigrated from other countries. Many students will get
this information from previous classes, books or the media. I believe the students
will be very eager to learn about Immigration in the Americas, with the different
activities I have planned for this unit.
• Learning Styles: Verbal, Visual, Tactile, and Structured
3. Main Objective
My students will know and describe Immigration in
the Americas after looking at videos, posters,
objects, pictures, books and journals by then end of
the week with 85% of accuracy.
4. Day by Day Breakdown
1. I will introduce the topic, using the textbook and videos.
2. As a class we looked at people from different countries coming to
Ellis Island. I will use the book I Was Dreaming to Come to America.
3. The class will be divided into groups, this will determine where
they are immigrating from. They will have to make a passport
and research their country.
4. The students will have to write a journal about how they think
their voyage would have be like.
5. Immigration Day- students will have to bring a paper bag with
two objects that they would want to bring from their homeland,
dress like the immigrates did, take a citizenship test and have to
go through similar routines as the immigrants did.
