Phase 1: Planning Assessment

The students electronic flash cards will be graded using the attached rubric. They will also receive a grade on the test that they take after making their flash cards on quizlet.com.


The assessment tools demonstrate the performance of linked goals and/or objectives. The objectives for this lesson are as follows:

1. TSW define immigration and emigration.
2. TSW explain the reasons why people came to the United States (i.e the push and pull reasons)
3. TSW describe experiences of emigrants after their settlement in the United States

The students will be using quizlet.com to create flashcards answering the following questions related to the objectives mentioned above:

1. What language do they speak? What language do they need to learn to communicate?
2. What customs did they bring from their homeland? What new customs did they form in the U.S.?
3. What opportunties did they have in their homeland? In the U.S.?
4. What hardships did they have in their homeland? In the U.S.?
5. What is immigration? What is emigration?
6. What is the Statue of Liberty? What is the famous sonnet written by Emma Lazarus?
7. Where is Ellis Island and Angel Island located? Who passed through these stations?

The needs of individual students will be met in several ways. There will be visuals, audio, class dicussions, group discussions and group work. All of these different methods will allow for meeting the needs of indivdual students.