Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-10
Grades 11-12

Humanizing Immigrant Stories Lesson Details

Lesson Details

OBJECTIVES
In this lesson, students will:

  • Learn the general history of immigration to the U.S. from Castro's Cuba
  • Write an imagined dialogue
  • Gain insight that can inform their thinking on current debates about how the U.S. should treat immigrants

GRADE LEVELS: 9-10

SUBJECT AREAS

Research Skills, English/Language Arts, Global Studies

MATERIALS

  • Film clips from Voices of the Sea and the equipment to screen them
  • Hard copy handout or Internet access of general history of Cuban immigration (see links below)
  • Internet access for research

ESTIMATED TIME NEEDED
One class period plus homework

Sources

About the author:

Faith Rogow

Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Teacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (Corwin, 2012) and past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has written discussion guides and lesson plans for more than 250 independent films.

Faith Rogow