Grade 2 Spring History - Immigration Stories: Why Families Move, How They Journey, and How They Make Home
History · HIS G2 (CA HSS 2.1.1; TEKS 2.18.A; D2.His.9-13.K-2; D3.1.K-2) hist.g2.s.cul.family_migration_interview

Conduct a 5-question family migration interview with a family elder (or published-family alternative)

Use the 5-question MG-8 protocol to interview a family elder (with caregiver consent) about the family's migration story OR, with teacher coordination, interview a published family character (Yuyi Morales's narrator, Allen Say's grandson narrator, Bao Phi's child narrator) using the same 5 questions. Record with permission. Transcribe key answers in lesson 12. Quote at the capstone gallery.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
4
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Common misconceptions
  • Believing every family knows their full migration story (many do not - the published-family-story alternative is equally honored)
  • Believing the child must do this with their own family (the alternative is always available)
  • Believing one interview captures everything (lesson 13 introduces corroboration: ask TWO family members and notice the differences)

Exercise pool (3)