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= Sem Fronteiras (Without Borders) =



About this project
This project is part of the social studies immigration unit for grades 3-6. Students will conduct interviews with a member of their family that immigrated or knows the family immigration story. The interviews will often take place in the student's native language with a goal of stimulating family and cultural literacy. These immigration stories will unfold on a class google map. The story will be written in English (and the native language if desired), include a photograph and an audio clip of the interview. During this part of the project, the concept of primary and secondary sources will be introduced.

After collaboratively creating a class immigration story map for the country in which they live, students will focus on the essential question: //How does immigration affect a community?// They will explore their class immigration story map as well as the maps created by the classes in other countries. Students will use information they learned from the immigration stories and what they know about culture and tradition to engage in a rich discussion about how immigration has affected their community and various communities around the world. // learn more] //

Join this project
This project will begin mid February. **The is no strict deadline for class immigration story maps though our goal is to have some maps completed by March 30.** We are seeking a small number of committed schools in diverse geographic locations to participate in this project. Join the project by adding your school to the[| list of project partners]...then join the wiki!

Sample Immigration Story Map
The Portuguese teachers, together with the Academic Technology Coordinator, at [|Graded - The American School of Sao Paulo] are leading this project. This [|sample map] has been created using one of our teacher's family immigration story. It was created to provide project partners with a basic model and a clear idea of the product that will be developed by students. It may be shared with students.