Immigrant Activity

You wouldn't guess that by the title of my post, that this assignment was for "Using Technology to Integrate Math Across the Curriculum"!  We have been using a software program called InspireData to investigate real information from rosters of ships that brought immigrants to the US.  This particular activity involved creating a story about a family that we adopted from the boat, journaling about their experiences, and creating a budget for income and expenses.  It was absorbing!  The math aspect of the task was more than just the budget, we used the software to compare the occupants of the boat by age, occupation, family, etc.  By the end of the assignment I had a much deeper appreciation for what it might have been like to immigrate, as well as how to navigate within the software.  Carolyn