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Based on the recommendations of its Teacher Advisory Board, the American Immigration Law Foundation has awarded seven grants in its annual teacher fellowship competition. Teachers will conduct their programs during the 2006-2007 school year, and report back to AILF on their experience. Those results will in turn be used for the next edition of AILF's Teacher Resource Guide.
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| Oral History Museum Project
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| Lionel Wilson College Prepatory Academy
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| Oakland, California
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| $983
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| Will teach sixty 6th graders to become interviewers, historians, and museum curators to share their knowledge about immigration. Included in the lesson will be a workshop by a professional radio interviewer. Students will use tape recorders and then transcribe their interviews, writing detailed narratives. They will also collect related artifacts as part of an exhibit students will develop to be presented during the school's "Exhibition Week".
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| Digital Natives = Digital Storytelling
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| Frewsburg Central Jr. Sr. High School
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| Frewsburg, New York
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| $1,000
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| An action-based research project for middle school students where they will increase their understanding of both their own families' backgrounds as well the issues that cause people to leave their former homelands. Students will create podcasts of their work.
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| From War on Terror to War on Bias: Examining Fear with Immigrants of Iraq and Muslim Descent
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| Hambright Elementary School
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| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
| Awarded:
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| $961
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| Sixth grade students will examine bias from both a personal and cultural perspective by celebrating diversity. The project begins with a survey of student attitudes and impressions about both country specific (Iraqi) and religious specific (Muslim) prejudices. As students study related literature and discuss the history of U.S. immigration, they will be challenged to look at these "new" immigrants from the perspective of history. A podcast presentation will be developed at the conclusion of the curriculum.
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| Immigration Nation
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| Magee Elementary School
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| Genesee Depot, Wisconsin
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| $1,000
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| Fourth grade students will research and write essays, historical articles, and book reviews on immigration for publication in a newspaper called "Immigration Nation." Students will include cartoons, photographs, graphs, and other materials that contribute to the understanding of the American immigration story.
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| Making Immigration Come Alive
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| St. Anne School
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| Barrington, Illinois
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| $1,000
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| Fourth grade students will experience what it was like to ben an immigrant entering through Ellis Island through reenactments and research. Students will create display boards for school presentation. The project is a collaboration of classroom teacher, librarian, and computer teacher, with educators working as a team in execution of the project.
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| Immigration: From the 20th to the 21st Century
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| Buckley Country Day School
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| Rosyln, New York
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| $669
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| A sixth grade history project, it will focus on late 20th century immigration history and expectations about where immigration is headed in the new century. Instead of standard research papers, students will post their work to wiki websites that allow viewers to respond and offer feedback. Students will also develop podcasts of their work.
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| Her Story, His Story, Our Story
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| River Oaks Elementary School
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| Houston, Texas
| Awarded:
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| $995
| Project:
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| Fourth graders will learn to appreciate immigration and their own backgrounds through a series of reading, inquiry, and research. Funds will support the purchase of classroom books. Students personal family stories will be collected into a group "Our Story" that would provide a forum for shared learning.
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Total Grants Awarded: $6,608
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