DAY+1

Day One: Defining Nativism
====Using a Frayer Model, SWBAT define characteristics of, and the anti-thesis of, Nativism using a Primary Source.====
 * ====Content Objectives:====

SWBAT evaluate either Mouw's and Gile's ideas in an e-mail to either author.
====SWBAT Create a student Wikispace, upload files and use the discussion tabs.==== ====SWBAT Create a gmail account and compose an e-mail using gmail.====
 * ====Technology Objectives:====
 * ====Literacy Objectives:====

SWBAT write a short, concise and appropriate e-mail to Richard Mouw arguing or agreeing on his perspective on viewing others.
Tasks: 1) Activator: Silent Conversation (On the "Student Guide" link in the Discussion Tab of the wiki) 2) Creating a wiki space, gmail address and uploading a document onto a wikispace. 3) Customizing a wiki space - Homework

Process:

1) Activator: Silent Conversation
To activate prior knowledge and assumptions, students are asked to conduct a silent conversation where they have to answer the question, “Do you believe that there is prejudice against immigrants today? Provide examples from personal experience and prior knowledge to support your answer (think of anything you have heard about how immigrants are treated). In the discussion tab of student wikis.

Students write their initial responses then read 10 students responses. In a second post, they decide which position is mostly stated and either agree or disagree with that main idea. They either change their minds after reading other student responses, or they reaffirm their original position.

Using whole class instruction, the teacher highlights the important threads of the conversation by displaying the conversation thread. Pointing out the most often stated idea, and both opposing view points. The teacher states directs students to read the message posted in the "Student Guide" wiki. It states: We all have prior assumptions and prior knowledge that we all carry with us about immigrants from our culture. This depends on what we gather from our own experiences, the news, our friends, our families, our teachers, etc. Furthermore, these assumptions may be prejudiced or not based on the above mentioned. Teacher says that we will revisit our ideas at the end of the lessons to come, and it will be interesting to see if our ideas or assumptions still hold true, or perhaps we will change our minds.

=2) Create a wiki space, gmail email and upload a document onto your wikispace.= A. Create a Wiki Space Students follow very specific directions to create a wikispace named: ImmigrationLessonJDoe (Their First Initial and Last Name).wikispaces.com For example: ImmigrationLessonJDoe.wikispaces.com from the directions: [|Creating a wiki directions.pdf] They choose their wiki name, they choose a password and they give the teacher their wikispace address AND Password in case they loose it. On the Home Page of their wiki, write your FULL (First and Last) Name and for homework they need to customize it.

B. Students go to Google.com and create an appropriate gmail address they can later use when applying for jobs, internships or for handing papers in to teachers. It should be something like: JDoe@gmail.com

C. In the Home Page of their wiki, they write your new gmail email address so that they can see each others gmail addresses when they log into each others wikispaces.

D. They send themselves an email from their new gmail email address with the link to their wiki page and the Password to their new wiki page and the Password to your gmail email so that they have all that info in one place.

E. Laslty, students download their first document from their wiki page, [|Frayer(2).doc]and then upload it in Day 1 of their wikispace. Students are directed to refer to the following link as an example: Student Template