Immigration Fair

Each Social Studies 10 and English 10 classes divide their students into groups of four and then assign each group a country to research. There will obviously be an overlap of certain countries between the entire grade, which is acceptable as each project will have individual characteristics.

In groups the students research their country and complete a tri-fold board that displays required information such as:

-Map of country immigrants emigrated from
-Country Flag
-Settlement Map of U.S.A. (where the immigrants settled apon arrival to the U.S.)
-Three problems their (group's) immigrants faced in America
-Examples of assimilation
-3 Pictures of famous people from that country
-Famous cultural dish from that country with the recipe on the board and a picture of the completed dish. (This is also the same dish that the group will be making for the day of the Fair.)

Allow students at least 3 class periods to work on. Some work will require time outside of class.

All students will assemble in the gym on the day of the fair. Each group is responsible for bringing their board, music and cultural dish and setting it up on tables in the gym. For extra credit, allow group members to wear clothes from the group's assigned country.

Students then have the hour to travel from "country to country," sampling music, food and clothing. The amount of food each group is required to bring depends on the size of the class. This year's sophomore class consisted of more than 700 students so each group brought enough food to feed at least 20 people.

Assign students an "Evaluation Worksheet," that requires them to evaluate at least two other groups of different countries.