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Coming to Indiana Lesson Plan 4

moving to Indiana from another state or another country, or do they know someone who
has? What have been the positive factors in making the move? What have been the
difficulties? In general, do they think that Indiana has benefited from immigration and
migration? Why or why not?

Assessment
Have students construct a chart summarizing the results of the class research by listing
push factors on one side of the page and pull factors on the other.

Additional Ideas/Connections
6. Invite a person who has immigrated to Indiana from another country to visit the

class and describe his or her experiences. Have students prepare questions for
their guest in advance.
7. Show the videotape Who Do You Think You Are? from the Indiana Historical
Society (see Resources) and ask students to list the countries of origin of the
people featured in the video.
8. Arrange for students to interview recent immigrants to Indiana.
9. Have students present the results of their research to the rest of the class. Any
number of presentation strategies might be used, such as role playing or
dramatization, a mural or other art project, original songs or poems, or use of
charts, graphs, and maps.

Resources
Taylor, Robert M., Jr., and Connie A. McBirney (eds.). Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic

Experience. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1996.
Nunez, Lucia. Why Do People Move? Migration from Latin America. Stanford, Calif.:

Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education (SPICE),
1993.
Who Do You Think You Are? Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis,
IN 46202-3269; tel. 800.IHS.1830. This videtape, documenting Indiana’s
ethnic history, is intended for middle school/junior high school or high
school students.