Bryan+Conyers

 My name is Bryan Conyers. I am currently a third year teacher at Lasalle Language Academy. I am very excited to be in this course and look forward to collaborating with you wonderful teachers. I currently teach 7th and 8th grade Social Studies and have been looking for new and exciting ways to incorporate technology into the classroom. I guess that's it for now...


 * Why Do People Migrate? **

Students will examine the prevailing migration theories related to the settlement of Native Americans to the region. Students will identify the factors that contributed to the migration of Native Americans to this country and what challenges they faced once they settled here. Students will then collaboratively role play a migration of there own and assess how the factors and challenges that led to the Native American migration are universal to all groups thorughout history.
 * Migration: The Beginning of America**

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes Describe the three major migration theories of Native Americans to the United States Identify what environmental factors influenced Native Americans to settle in the United States. Identify what geographical areas the Native Americans settled in and how they adjusted to their environment. Indentify and describe direct and potential challenges Native Americans faced once they settled. 

Essential Question: Why Do People Migrate?
 * Curriculum-Framing Questions [[image:http://celeb-news.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ellis-island-1529.jpg width="350" height="264" align="right"]]**

Unit Questions What factors cause people to migrate? What factors determine where people will settle?

Content Questions What is land-bridge theory? What is water craft theory? What is Pacifiic coastal model?

Project Description: People migrate for many different reasons. Many factors go into determining where people eventually settle. These factors have affected the settlement patterns of groups throughout history. Students will have to choose which factors are most important in making a settlement decision.
 * Visual Ranking Project**

Prompt: Imagine that your group has decided to migrate to a different area. Rank the factors you think are most important in determining where you will settle. When you are done provide the rationale for your rankings.

List: Climate Food Safety Geography Shelter Water Family

Project Description: In trying to understand why people migrate, some scholars emphasize individual decision-making, while others stress broader structural forces. Many early scholars of migration emphasized the importance of "push" and "pull" factors. According to this viewpoint, people decide to leave their homeland when conditions there are no longer satisfactory and when conditions in another area are more attractive. In this assignment, students will list the "push/pull" factors that contribute to migration. Students will then describe these factors and identify their importance in the migration decision making process.
 * Seeing Reason Project**

Research Question: What social and environmental factors cause people to migrate from one place to another? What factors influence this decision the most?

[|Sample Unit Plan.doc]
 * Unit Plan**