1. Making GlobalConnections8th Grade Social Studies Period 1Ms. Babiarz, Mr. Coyle and Ms. Janney

2. Learning ObjectivesThe students will be able to: The students will: explain how the different determine the main ideas economies of the United from the reading selection States and Mexico frequentlyand create a double entry result in immigration.journal. explain how immigrants integrate the information affect the United States. provided in the video and map with the reading define new words presented selection. in the reading selection. 3. U.S.-Mexican BorderCan you locate the Mexican border where it meets the United States?Can you locate Vermont? This is where the video was created. 4. Name_____________ Date___________________ Vocabulary Warm-Up Field of Tears Directions: Write a definition for each vocabulary word under the column What I Think it Means. Your teacher will lead the class in discussion and you will be able to complete the What it Actually Means column.WordsWhat I Think itWhat it ActuallyMeansMeansBorder-Patrol Agents HispanicWhat do you see or think We will discover as aabout these words? Immigrantsclass the actual definitions of these words. Maize Migrants Rubbish Vast Undocumented 5. Under the Cloak of Darkness:Vermonts Mexican Farm Workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpuh7wwjfhoYou will be watching this video and then participating in a whole class review about Mexico andborder economics. We will connect this knowledge with the reading. 6. FIELD OF TEARS READING ASSIGNMENT TERESA VEGAS first son was two when a floodcarried rubbish, dead animals and diseasethrough the canals of Oaxaca, her desperatelyFelix Vega and three of his group, including his wife,poor home state in southern Mexico . The boywere dropped off in Oxnard (they are back in Americastarted vomiting, got diarrhea and ran a fever. after a successful border crossing), famous for itsThere was a doctor a few hours walk away, butstrawberries. But they arrived out of season , so theyMs Vega and her husband, Marco Lopez, had noslept on the streets, then in a doghouse, then inmoney to pay him. They could do nothing, shesomebodys car. For two months they did not bathe andsays. They watched their son die. barely ate. Finally, they found jobs pickingstrawberries and made their first money in America Ms Vega now says this event is the reason foreverything she and her husband have done And thus they joined the vast undocumented workforcesince. When they had another son, Erminio, they that supports the production of Americas food supply.decided that they had to make money in case heThe government estimates that more than 80% ofalso fell ill. But Oaxaca offered them no jobs ,Americas crop workers are Hispanic (mostly Mexican),save for a bit of maize -harvesting every July. and more than half are illegal aliens. But Rob Williams,Teresas younger brother Felix had already left the director of the Migrant Farm worker Justice Projectfor America to find work in Californias fruit and(which represents farm workers in court), considersvegetable fields. In 2005, seeing no alternative, those numbers grossly misleading because they rely onMs Vega and her husband set out to follow.self-reporting. He estimates that more than 90% of farmworkers are sin papeles (without papers ), just as the Once they walked all night through the desert ofVegas are.Arizona , slashing themselves on fences ofbarbed wire and running out of water, before Retrieved from:border-patrol agents ambushed them. Theagents tied them up, shouted at them, threwhttp://www.economist.com/node/17722932them into a van and then into a freezing jail ,where they slept on a bare floor for severalnights until enough migrants had been roundedup to fill a bus that took them back to theMexican side.Review the thought activating questions onyour reading sheet and discuss with your small group. Dont forget to activate your prior knowledge about this topic. 7. You will read the entryand connect it to yourlife. What does thisreading make you feeland think?Do you know anyonewho has immigrated?what do you know aboutthis topic?Make a personalconnection !! 8. Answer the four questionsrelated to our class worktoday. Show me whatyou know ! Name______________________________ EXIT CARDMake connectionsand infer meaning.Define newvocabulary. 9. Latino Heroes HomeworkThere have been several Latinos throughout history who have made a huge impact on America and the world. Theimpact of these Latino Heroes ranges from cultural and political impact to sports and entertainment. Please choose aLatino hero from the list below or pick one of your own and use a book, newspaper article or reliable website (notWikipedia) to learn more about your hero. Please bring your selected reading with you to class.Your assignment is to write one paragraph about the impact your hero has made in the world and draw a picture thatencompasses his or her accomplishments. Try to find an impact beyond simple sport and entertainment valuetheathletes and actors have likely made an impact far beyond the world of entertainment! Remember, a hero is different toeveryone. If you choose one of the controversial heroes, be prepared to explain why.You are free to choose a different hero not on the list.Suggested Latino Heroes:Cesar ChavezRuben BladesAlex RodriguezEnrique IglesiasGloria EstefanErnesto "Che" GuevaraGabriel Garcia MarquezRigoberta MenchuEva PeronVicente FoxJudge Sonia SotomayorHugo ChavezFidel Castro