4.5+Inquiry+Cycle

=**MIGRATION - A BRAVE JOURNEY!**= An Integrated Inquiry Unit Examining Personal/National Identity = = =Inquiry Unit Planner =  

=Inquiry Cycle= **__Tuning In__**

 
 * Copy out a large, empty world map for display on the wall, ask the children to colour in where they or their families come from. Activity also to be done on own A4 sized 'empty world maps'. Or do this on interactive whiteboard - each child to identify where their family come from with moveable 'pin' icons.
 * Play a circle time game: move chairs if you were born overseas, move if your parents were born overseas, grandparents, move if your family moved from Asia/Europe/Oceania/North America etc.
 * Conduct a class survey on LOTE spoken at home.
 * Students to do K.H.W.L chart (What do I **K**now?, What do I **W**ant to know?, **H**ow will I find out?, What have I **L**earnt?) about migration and immigration before the start of the unit, first as inviduals, then as small groups - one person per group to report back to build a class K.H.W.L chart.
 * Watch videos; 'Titanic' and 'An American Tale', discuss relevance to the topic

**__Preparing to Find Out__** 

 **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ Finding Out __ ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Look at migration, immigration further: Why do people move? Examine pull factors (things that attract people to another country e.g. economy, job prospect, ability to send money home, education and push factors and push factors (poverty, war, no jobs, economy)
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 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Think about own families. Make some guesses as to some of the push and pull factors in terms of their own families’ reasons for migrating.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Excursion to Immigration Museum. Class has the opportunity for detailed research about immigration and refugee history, processes and stories.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Children develop a bank of questions to enable them to interview (a) family members/friends.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Modelled pratice of an interview is completed within school with a staff/chool community member.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Children interview someone at home, gather information about their family's/friend's immigration story.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Invite parents/grandparents to come in and tell their stories

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sorting Out __
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 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Children to make a presentation on their findings to the class - presentation must be orally presented, perhaps with multimedia presentation to accompany
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Children to write a report to add to a class collection of immigration stories - potential to publish these on the Immigration Museum databank of immigration stories
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Return to KWHL- refine, review

==<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Making Connection / Relections __ == <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> =<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Going Further / Taking Action __ = <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Students to reflect on their trip to the Imigration museum and think about the displays which they saw.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Children to design a museum exhibition about their own family background/story. Must plan what items they would include and justify choices.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Create a class exhibition surrounding their/their family/friends immigration stories to share with other classes.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Investigate 'Boat People' and Australia - use news websites to paint a picture of the issue.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Divide the class into two, those in support of boat poeple being allowed entry to Australia/those against - investigate arguement
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Conduct a debate regarding the issue.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__**Taking Action**__

 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Children to curate their own exhibition - share their displays with children/ adults from other parts of the school.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Invite parents in for an afternoon to share in the exhibition.