Faye Colon: Building Background Knowledge on Immigration

I used the building background knowledge lesson from the Roots of Immigration from El Salvador and Current Policy Debates unit, which had students explore why Salvadorans have immigrated to the U.S. My students were very engaged in the lesson and I appreciated that the resources for each "phase" included visual, audio, and text which provided all learners with access points to the content.

It was sad to hear that almost all of my students had zero background knowledge on El Salvador and Central America, which is evidence that more content on this subject area should be integrated into the curriculum. —Faye Colon, Harvest Collegiate High School, New York, New York