Overview
| Program Description: | This program introduces students to a variety of 20th-century stories about moving to Connecticut. An introductory game of chance looks at the difficult choices and conditions faced by immigrants thro... Read more
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| Available to Grade(s): | 6, 7, 8 |
Logistics
| Program Format: | In-School Workshop |
| Program Format Details: | Program intended for individual classes of a grade level to experience separately. |
| Cost Per Student: | $5 |
| Number of Visits: | 1 |
| Length of Visit: | 90 minutes |
| Availability: | all year |
Requirements
| Length Info: | This program is 75 minutes in length and the museum educator will need 15 minutes in between classes to pack up and re-set up. |
| Program Requires Prior Meeting: | no |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: | The museum will provide all materials for the hands-on activities. |
| Materials School Provides: | The educator will need a small desk or table for program materials. The four groups of students will need to be able to work together at four separate classroom tables or sets ofgrouped desks fo... Read more
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| Space: | Classroom |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: | The educator will need a small desk or table for program materials. The four groups of students will need to be able to work together at four separate classroom tables or sets ofgrouped desks fo... Read more
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Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: | Social Studies |
| Common Core Standard: | Grade 3: Connecticut and Local History Cultural Communities in Connecticut Present and Past |
| Art Form: | Visual Art |
| Core Art Standard: | Connecting Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. |
| Program Learning Targets: | Students will identify push and pull factors that influence immigration and migration.Students will describe the experiences of different immigrant "museum families'.Students will make inf... Read more
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