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A student example of “My Family’s Immigrant Story,” a cross-curricular project assigned to all fifth graders at McKinley. (McKinley School)
McKinley 5th grader Megan D. and others created “flipbooks” to document a family immigrant story, as part of a cross-curricular assignment. (McKinley School)
Press release from Westfield Public Schools:
Dec. 11, 2020
Fifth graders at McKinley Elementary School in Westfield recently explored their family s past during a cross-curricular assignment that combined reading, writing, research, geography, technology, speech, history, graphic design, and interviewing skills.
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Students interviewed a person in their family who knew someone or was someone who emigrated from a different country to the United States. Fifth graders asked the interviewee such questions as Why did you come to America?, What was your homeland like?, and What did you do for work and housing when you arrived here?