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Elementary: G5 Where We Are in Place and Time (WWAIPT)

Idea and Inquiry

Central Idea: People’s movement varies in purpose and impact

Lines of Inquiry:

  • Reasons for migratory patterns (characteristics of places as well as situations that force people to move/voluntary & involuntary/movement trends) (form)

  • Effects and management of migration (on migrants, laws, environments, places, communities) (causation)

  • The relationship between migration and quality of life (connection)

Concepts: Form, Connection, Causation

Related Concepts: Characteristics, Impact, Location

Media

Ebooks

Click here to see a collection of books on Epic! that deal with refugees and human migration.

Grandma's Treasured Shoes

Hear this story read on Story Box Library (username: SBHIS; password: hisreads) by Enya Lucas and her grandmother Van Luu with a special afterword about Van's own experiences as a refugee. 

Websites

Be Curious! Search here for information, answers, and more questions!

Use the HIS Destiny catalogue to find books in the library as well as websites and other information.

https://hisvietnam.follettdestiny.com

 

 

 

Gale in Context Elementary (password empower)

 

 

Epic! -- Books and videos about immigration

 

 

 

 National Geographic Kids (password empower)

Books in the HIS Library -- Nonfiction

Books in the HIS Library -- Middle Grade Fiction

Books in the HIS Library -- Picture Books