What We Know and What We Want to Know About Immigration

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After being briefly introduced to the topic of immigration, we asked students to transcribe what they know about immigration before writing down any questions they had. Below is a collection of their thoughts and questions.

 

What do you know about immigration?

  • An immigrant travels from one place to another

  • An immigrant moves either because there is a problem with their country or they just don’t like their country

  • The very first immigrants were during the ice age and they traveled over the rivers to go to different countries

  • There was not a lot of transportation which made it hard to immigrate

  • They move from one place to another

  • You don’t need to know the language you are going to.

  • An immigrant is someone who moves to another place for a job.

  • Most people come to America from Europe.

  • An immigrant is someone who immigrates across the country

  • If you move and come back it wouldn’t be immigration unless you have been to the new place for more than a month.

  • Immigrants don’t only go to one place. They go all over the world.

  • People can immigrate a mile.

  • An immigrant is a person who travels from one place to another because their country is not fair.

  • An immigrant is a person who has to travel from their country to America because something bad happened in their country.

  • I know that immigration is people that flee from their country because it is getting dangerous.

 

What do you want to know about immigration?

  • What time period were there the most immigrants in the United States?

  • Was Christopher Columbus an immigrant?

  • We want to know the process of immigration.

  • When was America created?

  • Who were the immigrants?

  • When did immigration start?

  • How long do you have to be in one place to immigrate?

  • How old do you have to be to immigrate?

  • What time did the most immigrants come to New York?

  • Did they only go to the USA?

  • How many immigrants immigrate each year?

  • What is the cause?

  • Do people immigrate because it is fun or because it is urgent?

  • Do immigrants always come to America?

  • Do immigrants travel together?

  • Why do immigrants leave their country?

  • Do more girl immigrants leave their country than boy immigrants?
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About Mark Silberberg

Mark is thrilled to be a member of LREI's vibrant learning community and is inspired each day by students and colleagues alike. Mark began his formal adult life in schools as a teacher of physics, chemistry, English and an experiential business simulation class in the public schools where he also worked as a school administrator and technology coordinator. For the ten years prior to coming to LREI, Mark was a co-founder and co-director of a progressive K-12 public charter school. When not immersed in things LREI, Mark enjoys spending time with his family and completing sundry home repair projects. He is an avid soccer player and skier and wishes he had more time to play the guitar and bass.

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