K–6Civic Lab
Immigration Awareness
Understand immigration issues
Dreamwalker
OtisBefore you start
- Age band
- K–6
- Time
- 20–40 minutes
- Quest type
- Hanging Out
- Guardian
- Sylvia · Utah
- Materials needed
- Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
- Journal or Composition Notebook
- The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
Why this skill rocks
Learning about immigration helps you understand different cultures and how people from all over the world make our community amazing right now. You get to learn about new stories and traditions.
2034Where this could take you
When SLC hosts the world, you'll be a friendly face, helping visitors feel at home and sharing our diverse culture, maybe even welcoming new families to Utah and building bridges between communities.
What You'll Need
Optional materials for this quest.
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
RequiredA Pulitzer Prize-winning account of a Honduran boy's journey to find his mother in the U.S. Reads fast, hits hard, and gives you the human dimension behind immigration statistics.
Journal or Composition Notebook
RequiredLog your volunteer sessions, questions that come up, and conversations that surprised you. Makes writing your final reflection much easier.
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
A Border Patrol agent's memoir about the contradictions of immigration enforcement. Nuanced, beautifully written, and good for understanding multiple perspectives.