We Are Texans

Created for

Independent Study

Where in the world are you?

Click here to find your exact location in this world.

Change your map to satellite for more fun! Hybrid will show you street names.

Label your home’s locations in your research notebook– Street– City– County– State– Country – Continent– Hemisphere– Planet

STOP Do Not Go On Until Journal

Work is Finished

Something new!

Document your sources with the important information in your research notebook. – Source

• Website• Person interviewed• E-mail• Book• Newspaper

E-document with Noodle Tools later.

Sooooo…what is important information?

Let’s look at some examples.

Book– Where can other people find this source?

• Print You can find this printed book in the library or a bookstore.   • Online

You can use a Web browser like Internet Explorer to view this book online– Elements of the citation

• Author's Last Name, First Name, Middle Name (or an initial). Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher's Name, Year of Publication.      

Web Site– What type of Web page is this?

• General Web page (no specific category below applies) • Personal Home page• Home page for a class• Home page for an academic department

–  Elements of the citation • Last Name, First Name Middle Name. "Specific Page or Article Title." Title

of Entire Web Site.  Date Web Page Was Last Revised. Sponsoring Organization. Date You Viewed It <URL>.

Immigrants to America

Who came to America?

Who came to Texas in

the 1700 to early 1900s?

Where did they come

from?

Why did they come

here?

CLICK here NOW! Watch a short clip at Ellis Island.

Most of the first immigrants came

by boat

You choose a Texas immigrant country

to study! Decide on one Texas immigrant country you’d like to study.

Use your Worldwide Investigation Attachment #1 and fill in sources. Don’t worry about the information just yet! You need to make sure you have a wealth of sources that you can use, before you invest time in researching this country. Use Noodle Tools!

Click to view some starting points.

You can start with these sources to find a country, but other sources are available on-line and in text. Bookmark the sites you use, all sources will be documented later in Noodle Tools.

• Institute of Texan Cultures • Texas Handbook

Do not go on until #1 is

finished

STOP

Where in the world are you when you are in your immigrant country?

Click here to find your exact location in this world.

Change your map to satellite for more fun! Hybrid will show you street names.

Label your immigrant country’s locations in your research notebook– Planet– Hemisphere– Continent– Country– State– County– City– Neighborhood– Street

STOPDo Not Go On

Until Journal Work Is Finished

Think of 3 – 5 questions to explore.

Why did this immigrant group leave its home country?

In what part(s) of Texas did the immigrants settle?

What was life like for them in the new country?

What were similarities and differences in their old and new ways of life?

What contributions did the group make to Texas?

Tell what you think are the answers.

Time to write your research proposal

What group have you chosen to study?

What are questions you want to explore?

List resources you need to find the answers to the questions.

Make an appointment with the teacher for your one-on-one session.

Now comes the fun part!

Create a fictional character from your immigrant country.

• Must be the same gender and age as you

• Create a name, family, and a background

Type your biography in Word.

How did you get to Texas?

Did you to travel by ship?

Find the route you would take to reach America.

Draw an example in your journal of the route you would take to America.

Immigration Route

Find a ship to travel the seas…

The Ship List

Immigrant Ships

Check the ship’s port of departure (your immigrant country)

Check the ship’s destination (to America)

Journal Entry #1 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…

Pretend you are the fictional immigrant who moved to Texas.

Introduce yourself: What is your name? Where did you come from? What mode of transportation did you use? What did you bring with you? In what part of Texas did you settle?

Listen to a story about Pecos Bill

Read a Texas folklore

Read an American folktale

After investigating Texas folklore, write in your research notebook what you learned about Texan values and beliefs.

Investigate folklore from your immigrant country.

After reading some of your country’s folklore

Write in your research notebook what you learned about the values and beliefs of your immigrant’s country

Journal Entry #2 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal

Dear Journal…Based on the folktales you read, compare two

characters’ values and beliefs. How are they similar and different?

How did these similarities and differences impact your decision to move to Texas and your life once you arrived in Texas?

What artifact could you use in your museum display based on your study of folklore?

Draw an idea in your research notebook.

Describe each in your research notebook

Texas

Art

Music

Theatre

Dance

Immigrant Country

Art

Music

Theatre

Dance

What are the connections between the cultures of Texas and your home country?

Did you bring any cultural traditions from your home country with you to Texas?

Did you leave any behind?

Journal Entry #3 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…

What artifact could you use in your museum display based on your study of culture?

Draw an idea in your research notebook.

Past, Present, Future

In your research notebook

– Describe the weather of Texas• Is it changing?• How will it impact the future of Texas?

– Describe the food of Texas• Have eating patterns changed?

– If so, how?• How will eating patterns impact the

future of Texas?

Past, Present, Future

In your research notebook– Describe the weather of your

immigrant country• Is it changing?• How will it impact the future of your

country?

– Describe the food of your immigrant country

• Have eating patterns changed?– If so, how?

• How will eating patterns impact the future of your country?

Clothing

Describe the clothing of Texas. – Have the patterns

changed?• If so, how?

– How will they change in the future?

Describe the clothing of your immigrant country. – Have the patterns

changed?• If so, how?

– How will they change in the future?

Shelter

How has shelter changed in Texas?

How is it changing?

How will it change in the

future?

How has shelter changed in your country?

How is it changing?

How will it change in the future?

How has shelter changed in your country?

How is it changing?

How will it change in the future?

Journal Entry #4 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…

How is your everyday life in Texas different from the way it was in your home country?

What do you like more?

What do you miss?

Based on your study of what your country is like and how it has changed, what could you use as an artifact in your museum display?

Draw an idea in your research notebook.

Geography

Texas– Landforms– Geographic Regions– Natural Resources

How did geography influence the settlement of Texas? Consider both historic and modern settlement.

Your Country– Landforms– Geographic Regions– Natural Resources

How did geography influence the settlement of this country? Consider both historic and modern settlement.

Journal Entry #5 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…

When you arrived in Texas, what surprised you about the land and its resources?

What was similar to and different from the land you came from?

Based on your study of geography, what could you used as an artifact in your museum?

Draw the idea in your research notebook.

What are the major industries and job types in Texas?

What is the monetary unit?

What are the major industries and job types in your country?

What is the monetary unit?

Journal Entry #6 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…

What kinds of jobs are most common in Texas and in your home country?

Are there similarities and/or differences?

Write about the differences in types of money and the exchange rate.

Based on your study of the economy, what could you use as an artifact in your museum?

Draw an idea in your research notebook.

GovernmentDescribe the government/political system of Texas.– How is it changing?– How will it change in the

future?

Describe the government/political system of your country.– How is it changing?– How will it change in the

future?

Education

Describe education in Texas.– How is it changing?– How will it change in the future?

Describe education in your country.– How is it changing?– How will it change in the future?

Recreation

List recreation activities in Texas.– How is it changing?– How will it change in the future?

List recreation activities in your country.– How is it changing?– How will it change in the future?

Religion

Describe the religious beliefs of Texans.

How are they

changing?

How will they impact the future of Texas?

Describe the religious beliefs of your country.

How are they

changing?

How will they impact the future of your country?

Journal Entry #7 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…

What will Texas be like in fifty years?

What will your home country be like?

What will future generations of your family say about your immigration from your home country?

What could you use as an artifact in your museum display based on your study of what the country is like and how it has changed?

Draw an example in your research notebook.

Population

In Texas

What is the current population?

What population subgroups were you able to identify in your data search? (For instance, females are 50.4% of the population in Texas, and males are 49.6%)

Age:Race:Household Income:Other interesting stuff:

In Texas

In Texas

Population

In Your Immigrant Country

What is the current population?

What population subgroups were you able to identify in your data search? (For instance, females are 50.4% of the population in Texas, and males are 49.6%)

Age:Race:Household Income:Other interesting stuff:

In Your Immigrant Country

In Your Immigrant Country

Journal Entry #8 Type in Word or write in your immigrant journal.

Dear Journal…Where do most people live in Texas? Why?Where do most people live in your immigrant country?

Why?

How are Texas and your home country similar and different from one another in terms of population centers?

What kind of area (e.g. urban, suburban, rural) do you live in? How does that affect your life?

Based on your study of population, what could you use as an artifact for your museum display?

Draw an example.

Virtual Museums

Museums in the USA

Museums in Texas

Virtual Museums in Other Countries

Texas Beyond History

Sources

www.theshipslist.com/www.immigrantships.net/http://www.distantcousin.com/Links/ships www.texancultures.utsa.eduwww.local.google.comwww.noodletools.comwww.encarta.msn.com

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/onlinehttp://www.storyteller.net/stories/audio