Introduction+of+Mexican+Border

Welcome: Greet and Meet
Introduction of the teacher and the students. Hello, My name is Mrs. DeSantis and I teach 6th grade Social Studies and geography at the Ferryway School in Malden. I am on the leadership technology team at the Ferryway. I am hopeful that together we will learn alot of technology this summer.


 * News Article: Mexican Border **
 * Student have read and marked up the article //Mexican officials decry U.S. Border Patrol shooting of teenager//. Ask them to open document they marked up in word and review and discuss with their group their reaction to this article.

Technology: Wordle
Students will then create a wordle brainstorming emotional words that describes this article, their reaction, and their description of what happens along the border.


 * Students will upload their wordle to their virtual notebook on the immigration today page.
 * Students must write a caption explaining what the article was about and why they choose the words they did for their wordle.
 * Give the wordle a title.
 * As a group discuss the words you used and why. As a class, discuss the most popular words used and create a classroom wordle on the white board. Choose a student to be the teacher.





Mexican Border
// Southern Front an Interactive Map of the Mexican Border // 1. Students will navigate Southern Front an Interactive Map created by Fox News that provides updated news and videos along the Mexico Border. [|Mexican Border Interactive News Map] 2. Using the Southern Front Interactive Map, students will upload news articles and videos.

3. Teacher will assign each group a different video or article to read and take notes on. Students should become an "expert" on their assignment. Students will jigsaw articles and videos.
 * News Article: Rio Rico, Arizona on April 15, 2010 //ICE Busts Massive Human Smuggling Ring That Stretches Length of U.S.//
 * Video: Yuma, Arizona on May, 6, 2010 //12 Hours on the Border//
 * Video: Del Rio, Texas on May 6, 2010 //Gilmer Hernandezes Story//
 * News Article: Laredo, Texas on June 9, 2010 //South Texas man sentenced to 10 Years//
 * Video: Tijuana, Mexico on May 6, 2010 //Criminals Among Us//

4. Students will write a summary statement about their views on the Mexican Border based on their group discussions of all videos and articles. Place this statement below your wordle.

(Extention Activities) 5. Research an article or video about happenings along the Mexican Border. Upload a link, provide a description and invite 1 or 2 classmates to read and respond to your choice.