christensen Immigrathion

This type of lesson has never really occured to me. My old school was not very diverse. One of two African Americans and the Mexican students were maybe double that. The only migrations we learned about were in history class and were the textbook examples of the large migration groups from Europe. The irish potato famine, etc.

I really liked the idea of tying history into English because they compliment each other so well. Christensen also did a great job at expressin g the need for multiple sources for research. using interviews and other sources than a textbook make the issue seem more real.

Christensen also includes poems in this lesson which ties in great with some of the other chapters. The reseach should provide the student with enoguh evidence or knowledge to see through the eyes of an other.

While this lesson is very valuable in a diverse school, it is also important for the less diverse schools to learn the complete history of important issues. The things not in the textbooks are just as important as the things that are in them.