Roots & Routes — Stories of Migration — Grade 6
In this unit, students explore the universal human experience of migration — leaving one home and finding another. Through original texts inspired by the voices of Jacqueline Woodson, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Jason Reynolds, students discover that migration is never just about geography. It is about memory, language, loss, and the stubborn, beautiful work of belonging. From the suitcase packed in secret to the neighborhood that finally feels like home, every lesson asks: what do we carry, and what do we become?
What do we carry with us when we move — and what do we leave behind?
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Lessons
Where Are You From?
The question that never has just one answer
The Language of Home
Code-switching, heritage language, and the words we carry
Maps and Memory
Migration narratives and the stories we carry across borders
What I Pass On
Legacy, inheritance, and the stories we carry forward
Writing Assignment
Migration Narrative: What We Carry
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