Reading Knowledge
May 4 - 8
Monday, May 4th1) Watch video of "Lesson 7: A Mosaic of Immigrants" read-aloud.
2) Discuss and answer questions to the right. 3) Use Knowledge activity page 7.1 (p. 189) to plan, or brainstorm, somethings you might say as an immigrant writing to tell people in your homeland what life is like in the United States. Use prompts to the right to help you. |
Activity Page 7.1
Think about the city/neighborhood where you might live (e.g., New York). Think about the work you might do (e.g., work in a restaurant or grocery). Describe the sights you might see and the feelings you might have as a new immigrant based on your city and job. Fill out the planning page based on these thoughts. |
Questions:
1) Did you hear any new information about immigration in today's read-aloud? 2) Who were the first known people to live in America? (Native Americans) 3) What were some of the push factors that caused the earliest European and Asian immigrants to come to the Americas? (not enough food or jobs; lack of religious freedom; not able to own land) 4) What are some of the difficulties that immigrants face when coming to a new country? (learning a new language; finding jobs and homes; making friends; learning the laws and customs) 5) What does it mean when people say that the United States is a "mosaic of immigrants"? (People from many different countries come to the United States and bring their own customs, skills, and traditions. New citizens learn new ways as they become part of a new nation, but the old ways add to the beauty of the nation as a whole.) |
Tuesday, May 5th1) Watch video of "Lesson 8: Becoming a Citizen" read-aloud.
2) Discuss and answer questions to the right. 3) Use Knowledge activity page 7.1 (p. 189) that you completed yesterday, to write on page 8.1 (p. 191) the letter from America to tell people in your homeland what life is like in the United States. 4) Share page 8.2 (p. 193) with your parents. |
Activity Page 8.1
1) Date: the date the letter is "written" (Remember: you are pretending to be an immigrant like we've been learning about) 2) Salutation: the greeting and person's name you are writing to 3) Body: all of your thoughts (from you plan on 7.1) 4) Closing: the words used to finish the letter 5) Signature: your name |
Questions:
1) What does it mean to be a citizen of a country? (Being a citizen means that you are given rights by a country's government and have responsibilities that go along with those rights.) 2) If you are born in another country, to be a naturalized citizen of the United States you first have to be eighteen years old. What else do you have to door know to become a citizen? (live in the U.S. for at least five years; promise to obey the laws; know certain facts about U.S. history and the Constitution; understand how the U.S. government works; take a test; participate in a special ceremony where you promise to be loyal to your new country.) 3) By telling Pilar and Enrique's story, the author helps us understand why immigrants sometimes want to become U.S. citizens. What reasons do Enrique and Pilar have for wanting to become naturalized citizens? (They want to vote for the laws and leaders of their new country; they want their children to grow up as U.S. citizens; etc.) 4) Why do you think Monticello is a fitting setting for a naturalization ceremony? (It is the home of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence.) |
Wednesday, May 6th1) Watch video of "Lesson 9: We the People" read-aloud.
2) Discuss and answer questions to the right. 3) Try the riddles to the right. |
Riddles
1) I am considered the "Father of the Constitution" since I helped write most of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Who am I? (James Madison) 2) I am a document made up of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. What am I? (the Bill of Rights) 3) I am a document that explains how the U.S. government words and lays down the foundation for the laws of the United States. What am I? (the Constitution) 4) I am the introduction to the Constitution and begin with the words "We the People." What am I? (the Preamble) 5) The American government gives me certain rights, and in return, I have certain responsibilities. Who am I? (a U.S. citizen) |
Questions:
1) Why is the Constitution so important to the citizens of the United States? (It lays the foundation for the laws and government of the United States.) 2) What is the Bill of Rights? (The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.) 3) Why is the Bill of Rights so important to the people of the United States? (It protects the rights of the American people, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion.) 4) Who was nicknamed the "Father of the Constitution"? (James Madison) 5) Why was this his nickname? (because he helped to write a great deal of the U.S. Constitution) 6) Why are the words We the People in the Preamble so important and remembered by U.S. citizens? (Those words are important because they let everyone know that American citizens are the greatest power behind the American government.) 7) What are some things the Preamble and the Constitution say? (The people want the Constitution to make the nation run fairly for everyone. American laws must protect the liberties, or freedoms, of all the people. The people can use the government to make laws and carry them out, to settle arguments among Americans, to protect Americans from certain dangers, etc.) 8) What important document begins with the words We the People? (the Preamble to the Constitution) 9) How is the U.S. Constitution important to you? |
Thursday, May 7th1) Watch video of "Lesson 10: Immigration and Citizenship" read-aloud.
2) Discuss and answer questions to the right. 3) Rip out Knowledge activity pages 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, and 6.1. Cut out each puzzle piece and put the puzzle together. What image does it make? (the United States) 4) Review what you've learned in this domain and click the button below to take the Kahoot! quiz. |
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Questions:
1) What are some rights, or freedoms, all U.S. citizens enjoy? (right to vote, right to fair trial, right to free speech, right to religious freedom, etc.) 2) What are some responsibilities, or duties, of all U.S. citizens? (to obey the law; to not do things that would hurt others; to pay taxes) 3) Do the rights make the responsibilities worthwhile? 4) People come to the United States because of the freedoms given to American citizens. What guarantees these freedoms to U.S. citizens? (the Constitution and its amendments like the Bill of Rights) 5) What is the Bill of Rights? (the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which list freedoms guaranteed to U.S. citizens) 6) What do we call the responsibility and right that allows us to choose people for certain government offices? (the right to vote) 7) How might your life in the United States be different if the U.S. Constitution did not guarantee citizens freedom of speech or freedom of religion? |
Friday, May 8th1) Watch video of "Lesson 1: People Who Fought for a Cause" read-aloud.
2) Discuss and answer questions to the right. 3) Share Knowledge activity page 1.1 (p. 207) with your parent. 4) Try the "Who Is It?" riddles to the right. |
Who Is It?
1) This person worked to improve the quality of life for many groups of people, but especially for children, women, Native Americans, and African Americans. (Eleanor Roosevelt) 2) This person is perhaps the most famous member of the civil rights movement and believed in bringing about change through nonviolence. (Martin Luther King Jr.) 3) This person fought for girls and women to be able to go to school and get the kinds of jobs boys and men could get. (Susan B. Anthony) 4) This person worked to make it possible for African Americans to play professional sports. (Jackie Robinson) 5) This person worked to create educational opportunities for African American girls and started a school in Florida. (Mary McLeod Bethune) 6) This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, helping to start the civil rights movement in the South. (Rosa Parks) 7) This person worked to improve the lives of farmworkers. (Cesar Chavez) |
Questions:
1) What are some of the civil rights guaranteed by the United States? (freedom of speech, the right to vote, protection from discrimination, and equal protection under the law) 2) What are the famous words written by Thomas Jefferson that appear in the Declaration of Independence? ("all men are created equal.") 3) Why were certain groups of people excluded from certain rights throughout American history? (Some groups, such as the government and some powerful people, kept certain rights from certain groups of less powerful people.) 4) Based on what you heard in the read-aloud and what you learned about these seven people, write two reasons the author gave to support the statement that these people "made the world a much fairer place." |