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  • PS 1 the Bergen
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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As a second grade ESL teacher, I am lucky to spend my days surrounded by some of the most amazing storytellers in New York. Yet none of my students speak English as their first language. Every student in my class of twenty second graders is an English language learner from a Spanish-speaking home. All of these students live in a high-need urban community, and several of them experience extreme poverty on a daily basis. Although their English levels and years in the country vary, they all have captivating stories to tell about their families and immigration experiences when given the chance. As their teacher, I feel that it is my duty not only to improve their academic performance, but also to give them the chance to feel that their voices matter. This proposed social studies project would give my students a voice by allowing them to record their families’ oral histories through the medium of film.

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As a second grade ESL teacher, I am lucky to spend my days surrounded by some of the most amazing storytellers in New York. Yet none of my students speak English as their first language. Every student in my class of twenty second graders is an English language learner from a Spanish-speaking home. All of these students live in a high-need urban community, and several of them experience extreme poverty on a daily basis. Although their English levels and years in the country vary, they all have captivating stories to tell about their families and immigration experiences when given the chance. As their teacher, I feel that it is my duty not only to improve their academic performance, but also to give them the chance to feel that their voices matter. This proposed social studies project would give my students a voice by allowing them to record their families’ oral histories through the medium of film.

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