Learning Goals
Students will be able to identify push and pull factors in California migration sources from the Gold Rush, Dust Bowl, Bracero Program, Great Migration, and Old Hollywood to explain why people moved to California.
Students will be able to analyze primary and secondary sources about the Gold Rush, Dust Bowl, Bracero Program, Great Migration, and Old Hollywood to support claims with evidence about California as a migration destination.
Students will be able to organize California migration events chronologically on a living timeline to compare causes, effects, and change over time.
Students will be able to trace how California's opportunities, labor needs, and cultural image changed across the Gold Rush, Dust Bowl, Bracero Program, Great Migration, and Old Hollywood to explain continuity and change in the state's identity.
Students will be able to evaluate the reliability and perspective of oral histories, community stories, maps, advertisements, and archival documents related to California migration.
Students will be able to collect and document interview notes, source annotations, and observation records to build an evidence log for the California migration investigation.
Students will be able to justify a claim about why California has repeatedly acted as a pull factor by connecting corroborated evidence from multiple eras.
Products
California Migration Investigation Notebook
Students will maintain an investigation notebook that records their question development, source notes, evidence logs, timeline entries, and personal analysis for each migration era. The notebook shows individual mastery of evidence use, chronology, and reasoning before students contribute to the team showcase.
Living Timeline Mural with QR Audio Reflections
Teams will create a public living timeline mural with sourced artifacts, captions, maps, and QR-linked audio reflections that explain why California has drawn migrants across different eras. The mural must synthesize each member's evidence into a shared interpretation that addresses conflicting findings, limitations, and connections across time.
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