Lesson plan

The Voyage of the MS St. Louis: The Refugees No Country Wanted

GeoHistory GeoLiteracy GeoSTEM ELL

Description

In this lesson, students will read primary and secondary sources, calculate distance, and locate places on a map to discover the history of MS St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugee passengers that no country would accept. This lesson is designed to make students aware of an extraordinary event in history that has relevant connections today. This lesson includes strategies for teaching diverse learners.

Duration

3 class periods

Author

Mary

McBride

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
6: How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

Teacher Instructions

McBrideStLouisT.pdf (183.2 KB)

Student Materials

McBrideStLouisS.pdf (488.54 KB)

McBrideStLouisS2.pdf (4.33 MB)

World-at.pdf (294.64 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

McBrideStLouisV.pdf (409.08 KB)

McBrideStLouisVocTest.pdf (116.64 KB)