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CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.01.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Overview/Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Important Traditions and Customs
  5. Culture in the Classroom
  6. Content Objectives
  7. Teaching Strategies
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Introductory Lesson “Coming to America: the Story of Immigration”
  10. Extended Writing Exercise
  11. Lesson One
  12. Lesson Two
  13. Lessons 3 & 4
  14. Appendix A
  15. Appendix B
  16. Bibliography
  17. Annotated Bibliography for Teachers
  18. Annotated Bibliography for Students
  19. Online Resources

Different Cultures in Chicago's Neighborhoods: Chinese and Mexican Communities

Nadra Ruff

Published September 2015

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Annotated Bibliography for Teachers

Gill, E. (2013, January 5). “What is Your Teaching Style? 5 Effective Teaching Methods for Your Classroom: Retrieved from education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/5types-of-classroom-teaching-styles/. This article is a teacher resource that informs teachers how to use the appropriate and effective teaching strategies to address the learning styles of students in the classroom.

Falcon, C. 1,2,3 Suddenly in China the Sacred Flower. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2010. This paperback back with detailed pictures vibrant in color is a fictional text about a boy who travels through time on a boat to visit many of China’s cultural and historical sights.

Maestro, B. “Coming to America: The Story of Immigration” (1996). This informational text that will also serve as one of the mentor text for the unit is child-friendly with warm prose, it is an introduction to the history of immigration to the United States that offers young readers a perspective on the heritage that all Americans share.

Michener. A. P. Mexico (2006). Pulitzer Prize winning author James A. Michener, paints a powerful portrait in his writing of the horrible condition in Mexico’s criminal justice system that affects the nation and ultimately causing a revolution to take place.

Sedlar, R.J. (2013, February 25). Bon Appetit/Ingredients Retrieved from https://www.bonappetit.com/mexican-chinese-food. This website is a restaurant sight for chef John Riveria Sedlar, the site provides background history of the merging of the Chinese and Mexican American foods. The restaurant serves and create dishes with the mixture of ingredients from these two cultures.

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