Current Events Children Immigrants Mr. Flannety

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Do Now: Do you think that anybody who wants to should be allowed to move to the United States? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Objective: Students will be able to analyze migration to the United States through reading current event article and answering guide questions.

Activity 1: Answer the discussion questions below:

1. Why do people move?

2. Would you be willing to leave your family behind for safety as a teenager or younger? Why/Why not?

3. Do you think people who illegally migrate to the United States should be treated fairly? Explain.

Activity 2: Read the article and answer the questions below:

1. Why have thousands of people been detained along the southern border of the United States?

2. What are two options for people who have been detained at the border?

3. Describe how eleven year old Wendy reached the United States border from El Salvado.

4. Describe the conditions Wendy faced while she was detained.

5. Why did Wendy’s family choose to leave El Salvador and move to the United States?

6. What do President Trump and his supporters want to build along the U.S. Mexico border? Why? 

7. How many immigrants have been arrested the last 18 months?

8. How many were children traveling alone?

9. What challenges do you think Wendy and her family will face living in the United States?

Activity 3: Pretend that you are a news reporter, reporting from the U.S. Mexico border. Write a one paragraph news article describing migration to the United States from the southern border.

Include:

A title to the report

An image

One paragraph describing migration to the U.S.

Describe why people are moving

Challenges migrants face

What President Trump wants to build along the border

Conditions in detention centers