Historical Context for The House on Mango Street - Mexican-American Immigration
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Grade Levels
6th - 9th
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Standards
CCSSRI.6.1
CCSSRI.6.2
CCSSRI.6.3
CCSSRI.6.4
CCSSRI.6.5
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Description
Use this activity to help your students establish historical context before beginning the novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. First, students will read an article from the Encyclopedia of Chicago about Mexican-American immigration. Then, they'll complete questions to help them analyze the informational text.
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1 page
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Teaching Duration
55 minutes
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CCSSRI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.6.2
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSSRI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
CCSSRI.6.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
CCSSRI.6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
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