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8th Grade Immigration Overview
From October to January, the 8th grade curriculum for Language Arts, Social Studies and STEM Foundations at the Dayton Regional STEM School was infused with a common theme of Immigration. While students learned different things in each of their classes, there were hints of this common theme throughout the quarter. For example, in social studies, students learned about the history of immigration in the United States, from Jamestown to today, culminating in this interview with someone who has immigrated to the United States. In Language Arts, students first read a variety of books written either by or about immigrants’ experiences and then took the transcript of their interviews and crafted a piece of creative writing. In their STEM Foundations class, students explored the world of radio media by creating “Vox Pops,” radio documentaries in preparation for turning their recorded interviews podcasts and moving image essays.

This wiki was created to display students' podcasts, moving image essays, interviews and creative writing, as well as make students' work public. Each of the pages you see on the left hand column displays the work of each student in Language Arts, STEM Foundations and U.S. History. You will find biographies of individual immigrants, transcripts of interviews, creative writing pieces, moving image essays and podcasts recording these oral histories.

Interested researchers should phone the school at 937-256-3777 or send an e-mail to info@daytonstemschool.org. Our website URL is: [|http://www.daytonstemschool.org].