I have taught about immigration/migration MANY times, in many levels (scroll through some of my previous posts here). It is can be tricky, but it is also VERY important.
In addition to the obvious goals of acquiring lots of language and communicating (interpretively, interpersonally and presentationally) with each other about the topic, a few of my other goals for this unit were for students to:
- Understand how COMPLICATED immigration is.
- Have empathy for people who are undocumented.
- Learn some facts about things that are happening right now.
I made this slideshow and this student sheet to delve into the article and make it interactive (students had to work in groups and guess some of the answers).