The students will be able to obtain information about immigration through interviewing the student's own family and at least one other family. Ask them to brainstorm some questions that they might want to know the answer to about their family's traditions and customs, the family's origination and the family's history. Write down the questions on the chalkboard or overhead. If there are students from other countries in the classroom make sure that you gear your discussion to include them.
Many people do immigrate into other countries besides the United States.
The students will be given the task to interview their own families and find out where they came from. They will also have to interview one other family with the same questions. The students will use the attached sheet to answer the questions and create questions of their own to ask the interviewee. The students will get in groups of 2 to 3 and share what they learned with each other. The teacher will visit each group to help initiate discussion.