Grandpa’s+Gamble+Reinforcing+Activity


 * At the beginning of class the teacher will put the question, "what comes to your mind when you hear the word immigration?," on the white board. Students will be asked to write their responses in their journal. The teacher will then ask a few students what they came up with.


 * The teacher will then do a read-aloud with "Grandpa's Gamble with the class. The teacher will also stop at key points in the book and clearly describe what is going on in the story.


 * After reading the story the teacher will show the students on a map how far it is from Poland to America. The students will then be asked to pair up and get their journals out again. In their pair they will be asked to record their answers to the following questions:
 * 1) - Why did Grandpa Sam leave Poland?
 * 2) - What other types of things might make someone want to leave their homeland and family?
 * 3) - What types of struggles might you run into as an immigrant?
 * 4) - Why might someone want to come specifically to America?


 * The teacher will then guide a discussion asking students what they wrote for different questions. Then, the teacher will begin teaching what immigration is and some famous cases of people who have left their home country for America.