First+Generation+Immigrants

Essential Question:
What is the greatest challenge in America today?

Challenge:
We are trying to find the biggest challenge in America and how it impacts their lives according to the Pascack Valley student body.

Guiding Questions:
1. What is the hardest part of life in America? 2. How does this impact your daily life? 3. Is there anything you can do to make your life easier despite this challenge?

Guiding Activities:
1. Ask our peers and record the results. 2. Interview our group. 3. Compare the results and interviews to news events.

Mark
1. School 2. More stressful lifestyle 3. Better Scheduling

Parsa 1. School 2. Very stressful to be able to strive in the future 3. Time management

Brian 1. Balancing school with other extra curricular activities 2. This overwhelms my daily life 3. Don't procrastinate as much

Megan 1. Trying to prepare and getting into a top notch college 2. Lot of homework and staying up really late to finish because of other extra curricular activities 3. Don't participate in as many extra curricular activities

Steve 1. Trying to get into the college of my choice while managing my social life 2. Choicing to go out or stay home and do my school work 3. No there is not

Other Anonymous results from period 6 lunch:
1. School 2. Makes him work harder 3. Drop out of school

1. School 2. Less sleep 3. Therapy

1. Women 2. Most stress and being lonely 3. Get a new hairdo and make over

1. Resisting drugs 2. Issues between friends 3. Get better friends

1. Dealing with my friend's shenanigans 2. Can't concentrate on school 3. Hang out with other friends

Solution:
At Pascack Valley, people are mostly stressed about school. The impact that school has on our lives is that it creates more stress, makes us work harder, and takes away sleep. The only solutions to this problem are dropping into easy classes, losing an extracurricular activity, or better time management. Other problems include women, resisting drugs, and dealing with friends.

** [|USA Today Article] **

 * [|Oregon Article] **


 * We will be presenting our information in a powerpoint. We will explain our articles but not show them.**