How Immigration Lays the Foundation of the United States

How Immigration Lays the Foundation of the United States

The Present with a Past discussion

Select a major topic in the United States today, preferably something that students would know (eg Donald Trump; social media). Create a short history of that topic connecting to main themes in the grade 5, 8, and 11 curriculum.

Major topic: words

Short history:

3 paragraphs

  • mention to 2 connections to curriculum questions/points in the first paragraph
  • mention to 2 primary sources in the second paragraph
  • mention to 2 main themes from class discussions in the third paragraph.