Teach using an oral history from the child of Italian immigrants in the 1930s.
This lesson is part of our Upper Elementary Unit Plan.
This lesson is part of our Upper Elementary Unit Plan.
Students read about how the Baldizzi family got started after immigrating from Italy to the United States in the 1920’s – a time of immigration policy that restricted entry to Italians and many others. They use a close listening protocol with Josephine Baldizzi’s oral history recorded in the 1980’s to recreate her childhood.
Getting Started
What will students understand through this lesson?
How do we do history detective work with an oral history to learn about a family?
1-3 Class Periods
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