Others read additional books to add to their own understanding. Interdisciplinary Links Math Ask students to research the number of people in the immigration wave. Ask students to chart and graph this information. Ask students to find out how long a journey would be from their family s homeland. Factor in trains, boats and weather.
Science Find out about wind and weather patterns.
Geography Ask students to find their country of origin on the map. Have students fill in maps of Europe, Asia and North America so they are familiar with the geographical location of homelands. Compare what a map of the world looked like in 1900 to what a map looks like today. Find out where your family came from originally. Interview parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles.