Grade 2 Spring History - Immigration Stories: Why Families Move, How They Journey, and How They Make Home
Lesson 12 40 min hist.g2.s.lesson_12

Sharing Interview Findings - Listening to Family Stories

Skills targeted
Objectives
  • Students share one interview answer with a partner or small group.
  • Students transcribe one favorite quote from their interview onto a card.
Vocabulary
transcribequotesharelistenstory

Lesson plan

Warm-up

5 min

Read aloud one sentence from Junot Díaz's Islandborn - Lola asking her family about the island she doesn't remember.

Teacher moves
  • Connect to children's own family interviewing
  • Frame: how do we learn about a place we have not been?

Direct instruction

10 min

Today we share what we learned from our family interviews. Some answers we learned will be surprises. Some will be familiar. Some will be questions we couldn't fully answer yet. We listen with respect. We honor each story. We will write ONE favorite quote on a quote card for our portfolio.

Key examples
  • A quote captures the elder's words.
    model Place / year / reason in one sentence.
    prompt Show how to choose a favorite quote: 'My grandma said: My grandparents came from Italy in 1923 because there was no work in their village.' That's a quote with a place, a year, and a reason.
Checks for understanding
  • What is a quote?
  • Why do we use the elder's exact words?
Sourcework
Source type
Each child's own interview transcript + Junot Díaz Islandborn parallel narrative
Routine
TRANSCRIBE-A-QUOTE from primary oral source
Media
M-2-S-HIS-12-B Photograph
Image 8.5x11 showing Islandborn book cover (Pura Belpré Honor) + one interior spread showing Lola interviewing community

Image 8.5x11 showing Islandborn book cover (Pura Belpré Honor) + one interior spread showing Lola interviewing community members about her family's island. Source line: 'Islandborn (Díaz / Espinosa 2018).' Style: respectful book reproduction.

Guided practice

14 min
Tasks
  • In small groups of 3, each child shares ONE answer from their interview (or chosen-family interview). Others listen with respect.
    scaffold Sentence frame: 'My elder said ___.'
  • Write or dictate the favorite quote onto a heavy cream quote card. Sign with elder's name.
Media
M-2-S-HIS-12-A Illustration
Card template 5x7 portrait, heavy cream cardstock simulation. Top: 'A QUOTE FROM MY FAMILY ELDER' header. Center: quote

Card template 5x7 portrait, heavy cream cardstock simulation. Top: 'A QUOTE FROM MY FAMILY ELDER' header. Center: quote space (4 lines). Bottom: 'Said by ___ (relation). On ___ (date). Recorded with permission.' Style: dignified, formal, archive-worthy. Child fills in by hand or adult scribes.

Formative assessment

3 min
Exit ticket
  • Read your quote card aloud to the class.
scoring Quote complete with attribution = mastery

Closure

2 min
Moves
  • Quote cards into portfolio
  • Preview: tomorrow we do corroboration

Homework

5 min
Tasks
  • Show your quote card to a family member. Ask: would you change anything?

Exercises in this lesson

hist.g2.s.cul.family_migration_interview.ex_02
Choose ONE favorite answer from your interview. Transcribe it as a quote card: words / who said / when.
 quote transcription · diff 3

Differentiation

Scaffolds
  • Pre-written quote starters
  • Adult-scribed quote
Extensions
  • Translate your quote into your home language
English Learners
  • Bilingual quote card
  • Home-language quote with English translation
Ieps 504s
  • Pictorial-supported quote
  • Adult-supported sharing
  • Published-family quote alternative

Teacher notes

PROTOCOL: Some children will return without an interview - because family didn't engage, because conversation was hard, because the family chose privacy, because the published-family alternative was chosen. ALL options are equally honored. Affirm each child. Save quote cards for the lesson 18 portfolio. Children whose interview touched difficult content (separation, refugee story, loss) may need private follow-up - counselor on call.