Chapter Six of Reading, Writing, and Rising Up

I think Christensen was brave for tackling the issue of immigration, and with its parallels to our times it's a subject that needs to be talked about in classrooms.

Like the "Where I'm From" poem, the topic of immigration helps students understand where they come from, and where their classmates come from. The idea of doing research and teaching students how to do their own research is a concept which they'll need to learn, and learning it about their heritage will add a more personal element to their research. The personal element is an element that Christensen always keeps in mind in her lessons, and it is because she understands that the more personal an issue is to a student, the harder they will work and the more that they will learn.