Thank you for all the wonderful Christmas Presents!!

I just wanted to say "Thank you" to every student and family for the gifts and well wishes.  I love each and every present and am touched by your thoughtfulness.

Get your money in for EOG booklets!!!

Please purchase your EOG book this week.  I will be using them in class.  The cost is $17.00 and worth every penny!!

6A and 6B-Interview Project to begin NOW and work on over Christmas Break...

Interview someone who is an immigrant. Here are some ideas of people to interview:

• community member
• family member
• neighbors and acquaintances
• classmate
• store owner
• person who lives in a nursing home
• member of a community center
• member of a place of worship
• parents' co-worker

The better prepared you are, the better the interview will be. Get ready by following these steps:
Make sure you're prepared.

• Set a date, time, and place for the interview.
• Find out some information about your interviewee and the country he or she comes from.
• Allow plenty of time for the interview.
• Bring a recorder if you can.
• Even if you're recording, bring pen and paper. Be prepared to take notes.
• Be prompt and respectful.

Get background on your interviewee.

• Find out about the country the person came from: its language, customs, and location.

This information will help you understand your interviewee. Ask the person to bring along pictures they may have.
Write a list of questions.
Write a list of open-ended questions. Keep in mind the reporter's basics: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. Here are some questions you might ask. Be sure to add your own. Refer back to this section during your interview.

• What's your name?
• Where were you born?
• What country did you emigrate from?
• What year did you come to the United States?
• Why did you come to the U.S.?
• Did any members of your family come to the U.S. before you? Who, when, and why did they come here?
• What was your trip to the U.S. like?
• What was your first impression of the U.S.?
• Did you bring anything special with you? Why did you bring that item?
• (For adult immigrant) What did you do for a living before you came here? What do you do in the U.S.?
• (For child immigrant) How does school in the U.S. compare with your old school?
• What did you do for fun in the country where you used to live?

You've done your research. You've written your questions. Now it's time conduct the interview.

6th grade TERMS TO KNOW

1.     emigrate
2.     immigrate
3.     immigrant
4.     ethnic group
5.     tenement
6.     ghetto
7.     steerage
8.     Ellis Island
9.     Angel Island
10.   push/pull factors
11.   nativists
12.   refugee

Also, we will study the inscription on The Statue of Liberty.

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

7th grade terms to know for the week-test will be on definitions only.

1.   Allies
2.   Anti-semitism
3.   Aryan
4.   Axis

5.   Concentration camps
6.   Fuhrer
7.   Genocide
8.   Gestapo and SS
9.   Ghetto

10.  Holocaust
11.  Nazi
12.  Nuremberg Laws
13.  Propaganda
14.  Star of David
15.  Swastika