Learning Goals
Students will be able to formulate an investigable question about how immigrants shape communities in the United States and what barriers or supports most affect immigrant belonging.
Students will be able to evaluate interviews, case studies, legal documents, and multilingual community resources for credibility, purpose, and relevance to an immigration inquiry.
Students will be able to analyze patterns in immigrant experiences, including challenges, opportunities, and available supports in local U.S. communities.
Students will be able to collect and document interview notes, source annotations, and evidence trackers with accuracy and ethical care.
Students will be able to justify claims about how communities can respond to immigrant needs using corroborated evidence from multiple primary and secondary sources.
Students will be able to design a bilingual interactive resource map that explains local supports for immigrants and why each resource matters.
Students will be able to present and defend research findings in a public forum while addressing alternative perspectives and limitations.
Products
Immigration Investigation Research Notebook
A student-owned research notebook that records the inquiry question, source selection logic, interview notes, evidence tracker, and personal analysis across the project. It shows individual mastery of the content and methods behind the team’s final recommendations.
Bilingual Community Resource Map and Case-Study Forum Presentation
A team-created bilingual interactive resource map paired with a formal forum presentation that synthesizes interview evidence, case-study findings, and community support proposals. The product must clearly show how members’ individual evidence contributed to shared conclusions, including limitations and unanswered questions.
No rubric has been generated yet.