Resources:
Fiction
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Plume, 1992. Fifteen interconnected
stories about an immigrant family from the Dominican Republic in 1960.
American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices. Edited by Lawrence Yep. Harper
Trophy, 1995. Poems, stories, and dramatic pieces about being Asian American.
Beatty, Patricia. Lupita Manana. Harpercollins, 2000. Experiences of a teenage sister and
brother who are illegal immigrants from Mexico.
Cather, Willa. My Antonia. Houghton Mifflin, 1918; Mariner Books, 1995. Classic story of
Bohemian immigrants in the Midwest.
Garland, Sherry. Shadow of the Dragon. Harcourt, 1993. A 16-year-old boy is caught between
his American friends and his Vietnamese home life.
Jen, Gish. Typical American. Houghton Mifflin, 1991; Plume, 1992. The story of a Chinese
student adjusting to life in America.
Levitin, Sonia. Journey to America. Aladdin Library, 1987. Jewish refugees before World War II.
Lord, Betty Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Harper & Row, 1984. A Chinese
girl moves to Brooklyn.
Nonfiction
Budhos, Marina. Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teens. Henry Holt, 1999.
Greenbery, Judith E. Newcomers to America: Stories of Today's Young Immigrants (In Their Own
Words). Franklin Watts, 1996.
Web sites
www.unhcr.ch/welcome.htm
contains lessons about refugee issues for all grade levels and
includes stories and films; go to Quick Find and click on Teaching Tools.
Assessment Recommendations
· Vocabulary quiz on immigration terms
· Completion of personal writing exercise
· Completion of research and written profile of a prominent immigrant
· Completion of student interview and written story
· Participation in book discussion
· Completion of essay "Living in the USA"
· Extra credit: Completion of one-on-one interview with ESOL student, and written or video
report
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