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Very interesting ideas posed here. I think that students may be able to make a connection to this proposed plan, based on their cultural backgrounds. I like the idea of having students research information about their family history. This is a good way to help students make a personal connection to the content and realize that immigration and disrimination may have impacted their own family members in the past. I agree that lecturing is one of those things that can loose student attention. I realize that sometimes it is necessary, but even when so, a teacher can find creative ways to develop interactive lectures that are broken up by activities that involve students, making lectures more student-focused. Good work and collaboration this past week. Chris.

==Group Discussion== One reason why I think that we selected this recording is because the recording deals with events in American history. I think that students have an easier time relating to events in the past if they are from their own history. Sometimes students lose interest if they cannot somehow relate to their studies. Another reason why Iiked this particular recording is because the message is very straightforward. I think that students with varying degrees of ability would be able to complete activities linked to this recording. (RS) I agree with Ray in that this recording deals with specific events in American history and that is something that is definitely interesting to me being a history teacher. Let's face it, students love music and it grabs their attention when they hear what music sounded like in the past. It's amazing for them to think that the popular music that people liked listened to in 1916 would be comparable to the music that we like to listen today. Most of them would say that this music is terrible! It also adds the extra element in a class for those who are better listeners or audio learners. Many times classrooms tend to lean towards lectures, but this adds another exciting element to the classroom. (CC)
 * Describe your reasons for selecting this particular recording. Explain why you believe this recording could be effective with students.**

Caleb, I agree with you that we should try to get away from lecturing as much as possible. Lecturing is no fun for the teacher or the students, at least I don't enjoy lecturing. I often think back to my first two years of teaching when I didn't have may materials gathered and when I truly lacked experience. I spent a great deal of time lecturing and I don' think my students learned as much or enjoyed my class as much as my students do today. Ray

1. The students could research events of the time period (World War I) to learn why Americans had a negative attitude towards immigrants. This activity would promote critical thinking skills because students would have to individually research various sources to find reasons for this negative attitude. (RS)
 * Describe at least 5 ways the recording you selected could be used in the classroom. Try to expand ideas for different subject areas and/or grade levels. For each lesson idea, include a brief description of how this activity could help promote critical thinking skills in students.**

2. Students could find another recording, example of sheet music, or another primay source type from another time period that shows an overall negative attitude towards Americans. The students could then compare and contrast the messages in "Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You" and their selected primary source. This activity incorporates analyzing primary sources as well as identifying similarities and differences between two primary sources. (RS)

3. Another way to use this source in the classroom would be to have the students focus on Uncle Sam. He has become a symbol of America throughout our country's history. Students could create their own symbol of America and explain how their new symbol is symbolic of America. This activity would promote critical thinking skills because students would be interpreting our culture and history in order to create a new symbol of America. (RS)

4. Students can research the different types of immigrants that came over to the United States and research specifically where most of the cultures resided. They can research which cultures in the United States might have in worse and would be the ones who would most likely be against the direction the country is going in. There are some cultures like the Irish Immigrants who were discriminated against in the late 1800s and early 1990s. (CC)

5. After listening to the song students can try to research their own cultures. They can find out if any of their family members were part of the mass immigration movement during this time period. They can research this by asking their family questions and try to trace back as far as they can. If they are unable to do this then they can either research their last name and what possible heritage that is or simply choose a culture that came over during the early 1900s and explain how they were discriminated against. (CC)

Caleb, Your ideas make a lot of sense to me. Studying different cultural backgrounds and where they settled in the US is something that all students can find interesting. Like you said, they could research their own ancestors which should, I would hope, provide some motivation. I think that researching stereotypes would be something else that students would find interesting. Plus, we could compare and contrast past stereotypes with some that exist today. Ray