This is a lesson plan designed for high school upperclassmen. It is planned for 70 minutes although materials could be shorted and adjusted as needed. The plan covers two different examples of socioeconomic mobility by focusing on two families who immigrated around the same time in the early 20th century.

90-minute lesson plan: Lesson Plan here.

Accompanying presentation: Slideshow here.

Secondary source excerpts for part 5 of the lesson plan: Lesson plan excerpts here.

Narrative Distillations:

Duenes Family- Pablo and Maria

Escobar Family here