Reading "Feivel's Flying Horse"

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

English Language Arts
Social Studies

Grade(s)

2

Overview

This is a reading guide/lesson plan with step-by-step instructions to accompany the book Feivel's Flying Horses by Heidi Smith Hyde and illustrated by Johanna Van Der Sterre. Feivel's Flying Horses tells the story of a Jewish woodcarver who moved from the Old Country and carved carousel horses to earn money to bring his family from Europe to America. The story is a historical fiction story of immigrants coming to America. The reading guide is recommended for kindergarten through 4th grade.  

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

SS10.2.9

Describe how and why people from various cultures immigrate to the United States.

UP:SS10.2.9

Vocabulary

  • describe how
  • describe why
  • various cultures
  • immigrate
  • describe the importance
  • cultural unity
  • diversity

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Definition of immigration.
  • Reasons for immigration into the United States modes of transportation used by immigrants from a variety of locations.
  • Reasons for and importance of cultural unity within immigrant communities.
  • Methods of cultural integration and its importance to the American culture.
  • Vocabulary: immigration, cultures, cultural unity, diversity

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify examples of immigration and the reasons people immigrate to the United States.
  • Describe methods of transportation that people use to immigrate to the United States.
  • Describe the ways immigrants integrate into the culture of the United States and the importance of creating cultural unity while celebrating diversity.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • People immigrate to the United States in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons and may develop a sense of cultural unity while also maintaining their cultural diversity.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

Smithsonian

License Type

Custom
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