Crossroads of Culture - Immigration and Citizenship - Fall 2005


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Crossroads of Culture: Immigration and Citizenship Crossroads of Culture Fall 2005 Immigration and Citizenship A topical newsletter for social studies teachers in grades 4-8 Distributed three times each school year (fall-winter-spring) by the Institute of Texan Cultures. This issue features: "The American Dream: Then and Now" by U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo Photographs from ITC's Naturalization Ceremony, August 2005 Guidance in using our Web site lesson plans and resources Current ITC booking information ITC's Fall 2005 Exhibits and Events Webliography Read and print a copy of this issue Resources for newsletter activities: 2-day activity "From Immigrant to Citizen" using The New Texans, grades 4-8 Oath of Citizenship (overhead transparency) Teacher's Guide to The New Texans (guide to faces and names) The New Texans: A classroom set (30) of photographs and biographies of recently naturalized citizens [60 pages] Speech Criteria (poster) Where Are We From? (student map activity; print or copy 1 per student) Grade slips (three to a page to cut apart, 1 needed per student) 1-day activity "Creating an Immigration Law Timeline" for 8th grade students to work on in pairs Who Shall Be American? (2-page handout; print 1 copy for each pair of students) Bar graphs and line graphs on stimulating topics from the research of Rice University's Dr. Stephen Klineberg. Dr. Klineberg presented his research in June 2005 at "Gateway on the Gulf: Galveston and American Immigration 1845-1915," an institute for Texas teachers organized by Humanities Texas and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum with other partners, including the Institute of Texan Cultures. For further information on the educational resources, grants, and low-cost traveling exhibits offered by Humanities Texas, contact Eric Lupfer at elupfer@humanitiestexas.org. Immigration and Citizenship Vocabulary (2-page student resource) Making the most of these materials (and TEKS Applications) for your class. (in Microsoft Word format) Grade 4 Grade 5 Learn about the American Immigration Law Foundation's Creative Writing contest for 5th graders at ailf.org/awards/essaycontest/ Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Most of the hyperlinks on this page launch Portable Document File (.pdf) format pages. Adobe Acrobat is required, and is availabe for free by clicking the "Get Adobe Reader" icon.
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