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= Hinkletown Mennonite School =

=Welcome Grades 6, 7, & 8 to the 2016 PBL wiki!= We will be using this wiki to help us work together towards completing a class project.

The world is getting smaller, isn't it? We don't have to travel to other countries to meet people from around the world... we can meet them in our own school! Even though we have about 200 students, we have students with roots in Asia, Central and South America, and Europe. Lancaster County's population is changing from a mostly German background, to a multicultural mix of people from all over the world. This process in which people from other countries move here (or any other country) for the purpose of settling into a new home country is called **immigration**.

Of course most Americans' ancestors were immigrants who moved from other places to America. Recently, however, the issue of immigration has caused a lot of strong feelings in the US, the state of Pennsylvania, and in Lancaster County. Sometimes not understanding an issue can cause fear, frustration, anxiety, and prejudice. Through this project we will learn about the issue of immigration and its affect on Lancaster County. And we will get to know our new neighbors! Get ready to combine the skills you have learned in language arts, math, social studies, Spanish, art, music, and library to answer the Big Question.