This activity could be done as individuals, in pairs of students, or as teams. Use real things when possible, but simulate those that are too difficult to use. Decide to make the box look old or new. Have students decorate the box as a trunk. Display the trunks, and instruct students to explain their choices, either during a presentation or as part of the display.
Enrichment See if the local museum is willing to display the trunks for a period of time.
If your local museum or historical society has an immigration collection, visit it to view immigrant trunks and their contents. Read copies of original immigrant letters. Interview an older friend or relative about choices they have made about moving to different places. Have students compare those choices with their own. Eau Claire, WI, 54702.