Teaching & Learning:

What’s Your Immigrant Story?

For this activity, students will need to take some time to visit with family members and learn more about their family’s history. Have students talk with someone in their family about their family immigrant story. Depending on their family, this discussion may be a first-hand account or may have very little information depending on family circumstances. Have students share their immigration story through a means that makes sense for your class: writing an essay, a creative writing first-person account, a digital presentation, an oral report, or some other creative means.

Immigrants in Milwaukee

American Immigration Laws and History

Holidays and Traditions Around the World

1. What holidays or traditions are important in your family? What is the cultural or familial origin of those traditions?

2. How do you connect with others you don’t already know? Do you like meeting new people? How do you feel around new people?

3. What sacrifices have you or members of your family made for each other? Do you think sacrificing for those you care about is noble or not always the best idea?

4. What values have you been taught by your family or community? Do those values have a cultural basis? How so?

5. Do you like making connections with those with whom you have a lot in common or those who have different interests or experiences than you? Elaborate on your answer.