Unit Plan Progress

So far the project seems to be going smoothly. I feel that my partner, Lauren, and I were able to get a lot accomplished last week during our free class period. Her and I met up and were able to discuss our ideas for the project. Since both of us are History majors, it made it a lot easier and more efficient to be partners, allowing us to get a lot done.
For our unit, we decided to choose Immigration as the topic and are focusing on the period 1870s-1920s (approximately). We are also planning on relating this to present immigration towards the end of our unit in order to make the information more relevant and perhaps more interesting.
When we met, we were able to plan out our essential questions/big ideas and come up with a few assessment ideas. The calendar really helped so that we could visually organize our lessons. All we have left to do is detail a few of the lessons. I'm really happy with our progress. It feels like this project is not as daunting as it originally seemed. ;-)