Immigration+Children's+Book+Directions


 * __The Task__**: You will use historical imagination and research to create a historical fiction book for children, through which you tell the story of a specific group of American immigrants.

8.1 Historical Analysis and Skills Development 8.3 U.S. History 8.4 World History 7.3 The Human Characteristics of Places and Regions 7.4 The Interactions Between People and Places 5.2 The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship 6.3 Scarcity and Choice 6.4 Economic Interdependence 6.5 Work and Earnings 1.4 Write in Various Modes in All Content Areas 1.5 Produce Writing of High Quality 1.8 Conduct Research In All Content Areas
 * __The Standards__**:

1. The circumstances that led individuals to migrate (push factors and pull factors) 2. Preparations to migrate/departure activities (who, what when, where, how, etc.) 3. Transition to the new environment 4. Arrival and immigration processing 5. Relocation challenges (housing, work, school, etc.) 6. Reception/assimilation of immigrants into the new society 7. Establishment of a new identity
 * __The Focus__****: Your book will focus on all three aspects of the story of immigrants.**

1. Analyze the characteristics of children’s books 2. Conduct research into your primary immigrant group’s experiences through the “__Everything You Wanted to Know__” information organizer. 3. Begin the process of writing vivid dialogue and developing characters. 4. Brainstorm the factual and fictional content of your story by completing the __content guidelines sheet__ 5. Complete your __story board__ with sketches and pages numbers 6. Write the back cover of your book and create the cover art as a preface to your story. 7. Edit and revise your story through __self-editing and peer editing__ 8. Finalize the story and colorful pictures of your book and turn in your __final draft__.
 * __Processing Steps:__**

__Requirements__: **Your children’s book will…** ô Have evident **__FOCUS__** on task: o Follow the appropriate rising action model o Include illustrations that correlate with the text on the page ô Have illustrative **__CONTENT__**: o Tell the complete story of your immigrant group by **covering all 8 content guidelines** o Include developed characters and emotions (historical empathy) o Be historically accurate to the characteristics of your immigrant group ô Have sophisticated **__ORGANIZATION__** of content: o Evident by subtle transitions between //life in the homeland//, //journey to America//, and //life in America// o Clear and consistent storyline from introduction to “moment” to conclusion ô Have creative **__STYLE__**: o Correct and varied use of dialogue or thoughts o Dialogue is consistent with voice o Tone is appropriate to audience (ages 6-9) o Illustrative diction (word choice) employing the five senses (but, also, age appropriate) ô Have controlled, proofread, and processed **__CONVENTIONS__**: o Be FREE of grammatical and spelling errors o Correct punctuation or dialogue