Read aloud Immigrant Girl . Students make connections between their feelings during the music and the story.
Students recall where the family in the story came from and why.
Students list the countries that the early settlers came from and some of their reasons for coming to America. Students can work in teams to research the countries of origin of the immigrants to America between 1800-1910. Students can chart the routes taken by these early immigrants and compare them to the one in the story. Extension Students can research their country of origin and identify it on a large map in the classroom. Students can create a journal from the point of view of one of the passengers on the ship in the story.