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Immigration: Everything You Need

Students learn about the effects of immigration on American history and culture with a variety of resources for each grade level.

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Interactive Whiteboard Activities

Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Take a tour of Ellis Island, explore an interactive immigration timeline, and meet young immigrants in this online activity!

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Writing Activities, Unit Plans

Celebrate Your Heritage

Grades: 3–5

Students interview relatives about their heritage, make a family tree, and map their ancestors' migration in this lesson unit on America's cultural diversity.

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Immigration: Then and Now

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Uses a poster and primary source material to teach students about the legacy of immigrants who came to America.

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Lesson Plans

Discovering Your Heritage

Grades: 3–5

Students are asked to interview their families about their cultural heritage, create a family tree, and map their journeys to America

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Immigration

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Discusses changes in Immigration Law over the past century.

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Writing Activities, Unit Plans

Immigrants: Our Ancestors

Grades: 3–5

Prompt students to learn about their cultural heritage through interviews with family members. Students present charts, maps, based on their...

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Teaching Guides

Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Teacher's Guide

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Discover the history of immigration in America and take an interactive tour of Ellis Island with this interactive unit. Hear the stories of recent...

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Interactive Whiteboard Activities

The First Thanksgiving

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Interactive activities, lesson plans, and virtual field trips to Plimoth Plantation help bring the history of Thanksgiving to life.

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Articles

A Brief Overview of American History from the 1850s - 1960s

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Learn about the political climates, laws, and wars that were prevalent in American history from the 1850s to the 1960s from this Grolier Online...

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Articles

Relive a Boy's Journey

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Learn about the life of Seymour Rechtzeit, a Jewish immigrant from Poland who became a famous child star, through his firsthand account of coming...

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Ellis Island

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Presents facts about the origin of Ellis Island and its history as an immigrant station, as well as information on it's current museum facility....

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The Statue of Liberty National Monument

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Describes the features and history of the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Ellis Island.

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Castle Clinton National Monument

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Illustrates the history of the Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park.

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Frontier

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Describes the concepts of the American Frontier and expansion, and their clash with the empires of European settlers.

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Twentieth Century: Society in the United States

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Presents an article on 20th-century industrial growth and progressive reform in America.

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Collections, Author Interviews, Book Resources

Shaun Tan Video Interview

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

Get to know this illustrator from Perth, Australia by watching our November 2007 video interview. Learn how Shaun Tan got his start, how he...

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Chinese Exclusion Acts

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

The 1882, 1892, and 1902 Chinese Exclusion Acts deterred Chinese people from immigrating to America.

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Book Resources

Immigration Books and Resources

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Books and resources about the immigrant experience.

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Teaching Guides

Asian American History Teacher's Guide

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Students learn that Asian immigrants were not quickly or easily accepted into the American way of life. This lesson teaches how Asian Americans...

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Online Learning Activities

Angel Island: Angel Island: An Asian Pacific American Heritage Activity

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

Students get a unique firsthand account of what it was like for a young girl to move from a small Chinese village to the U.S. in the 1930s.

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Articles

Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island and the Journey to America Booktalk

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Ellis Island. From 1892 to 1954 it was the gateway to America. But was it an island of hope, or of tears?

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The Arrival Book Focus

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

Book Focus for The Arrival by Shaun Tan

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