Four Paths of Arrival - All Are Honored

Recite class land acknowledgment (G2-Fall continuity). Then class welcome promise draft.

• Affirm the continuity from fall to spring
• Frame today as a careful learning day

Today we learn the FOUR PATHS by which families come to be in this place. ALL FOUR are honored. NONE is erased. Path 1: IMMIGRANT - a family who CHOSE to move for opportunity, family, education, or work. Example: Yuyi Morales. Path 2: REFUGEE - a family who HAD to leave home for safety because of war, persecution, or disaster. Example: Bao Phi's family. Path 3: DESCENDANT OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE BROUGHT INVOLUNTARILY - families whose ancestors were brought from Africa against their will and built so much of this country. We honor this honestly. Example: Jacqueline Woodson's family heritage. Path 4: DESCENDANT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - families who have been here since time immemorial, like the [local nation] people. This is the path we honored all fall.

• We name each path because each family is honored fully.

  model Yuyi Morales = Path 1. Bao Phi's family = Path 2. Woodson's heritage = Path 3 (Great Migration descendant). Local Indigenous nation = Path 4.

  prompt Which path applies to each named family?

• Name all four paths.
• Which path was the focus of our G2-FALL unit? (Path 4)

M-2-S-HIS-05-A Chart Physical / non-image

Display chart 36x48 portrait showing MG-3 as detailed in media_global_notes. Four equal-height rows with photo, path name, one-sentence framing each. Footer: 'No path is erased. Every family has a story.' The visual equality of the four rows is intentional.

MG-3 Chart

Mounted on classroom wall at child-eye-height. The visual equal-height rows are INTENTIONAL - no path is presented as more honored than another. Used in lesson 5 introduction and referenced every lesson. NEVER use the words 'illegal' or 'alien' - if discussing immigration status arises (parent question), teacher uses 'undocumented' in teacher-only conversation and always centers the child's humanity.

• Sort 4 cards by path on MG-3 anchor. Verify with class.

  scaffold Card has photo + 1-sentence story
• Whole-class affirmation: recite together 'All four paths are honored. No family is erased.'

M-2-S-HIS-05-B Illustration

Card set of 4 cards 5x7, each card shows one named family with a small portrait or scene illustration and a one-sentence story: (1) Yuyi Morales arriving in San Francisco with infant Kelly (Path 1); (2) Bao Phi's family at a Vietnamese refugee resettlement office in Minneapolis (Path 2); (3) Woodson family on a train northbound from South Carolina to Brooklyn 1940s (Path 3); (4) local Indigenous nation contemporary leader (Path 4). Each card has path-number sticker on the back so sort can self-verify. Style: dignified, contemporary, no stereotyped imagery.

• Name the four paths and one family example for each.

• Add path vocabulary to Word Wall
• Preview: tomorrow we draft our class welcome promise

• Recite the four paths to a family member tonight. Notice if any path applies to families you know.