Teacher's guide for Hunting for Migrant Workers

by Art Wolinsky

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Introduction

Use this Knowledge Hunt to help 10-12 Social Sciences students learn about Migrant Workers. The goal is to get students prompting open reflection.

Overview

Main Topic:	Migrant Workers
Subtopics:	Immigration Laws, Human Rights, ,
Grade Level:	10 - 12
Subject(s):	Social Studies
Learning Goal:	openly exploring a topic

Vision and Reality

If the learning goal were achieved in the most ideal of perfect worlds it would look something like:

I want students to understand the conflicts and possible resolution to the migrant worker situation. I want them to appreciate what they have and that others have a hard time simply eeking out a living.

However, what I anticipate probably looks more like:

Based on the Vision set for this activity, the actual reality is more likely to be that they don't even know about migrant workers and think that everyone has things as easy as they do.

The What - If Inventory

To give the activity its best chance at helping students learn, I assembled this list of possible resources:

Technology Resources




Internet Potential




Possible Collaborations




Special Events




General Resources




Standards

Conclusion

created by Art Wolinsky email: awolinsky@oii.org http://web-and-flow.com/members/awolinsk/migrants/hunt.htm