Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today
PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Research Skills
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Celebrate Your Heritage
Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Reading Comprehension | Listening Comprehension
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Immigration: Then and NowPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Book Resources Uses a poster and primary source material to teach students about the legacy of immigrants who came to America. Save To Organizer |
Discovering Your HeritageGrades 3–5 | Lesson Plans | Listening Comprehension | Research Skills | Autobiographical Writing Exhibits a lesson plan where class members are asked to interview their families about their cultural heritage, create a family tree, and... Save To Organizer |
ImmigrationGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Discusses changes in Immigration Law over the past century. Save To Organizer |
Immigrants: Our AncestorsGrades 3–5 | Guided Reading | Writing Activities | Listening Comprehension | Unit Plans Prompt students to learn about their cultural heritage through interviews with family members. Students present charts, maps, based on... Save To Organizer |
Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Teacher's GuidePreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Reading Comprehension Discover the history of immigration in America and take an interactive tour of Ellis Island with this interactive unit. Hear the stories of... Save To Organizer |
The First ThanksgivingPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 Interactive activities, timelines, lesson plans, extension activities, and multimedia resources will bring the history of Thanksgiving to... Save To Organizer |
United States, history of the (1850s–1960s)Grades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Presents an article covering the political climates, laws, and wars that were prevalent in American history from the 1850s to the 1960s. Save To Organizer |
Addams, JaneGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Offers a biographical profile on Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams who helped found Hull House. Save To Organizer |
Ellis IslandGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Presents facts about the origin of Ellis Island and its history as an immigrant station, as well as information on it's current museum... Save To Organizer |
The Statue of Liberty National MonumentGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Describes the features and history of the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Ellis Island. Save To Organizer |
Castle Clinton National MonumentGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Illustrates the history of the Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park. Save To Organizer |
FrontierGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Christianity | European Colonization | Exploration, Colonization and Settlement Describes the concepts of the American Frontier and expansion, and their clash with the empires of European settlers. Save To Organizer |
Twentieth Century: Society in the United StatesGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | American History Presents an article on 20th-century industrial growth and progressive reform in America. Save To Organizer |
Shaun Tan Video InterviewGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Guided Reading | Collections | Author Interviews Get to know this illustrator from Perth, Australia by watching our November 2007 video interview. Learn how Shaun Tan got his start, how he... Save To Organizer |
Chinese Exclusion ActsGrades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Asian American | Immigration The 1882, 1892, and 1902 Chinese Exclusion Acts deterred Chinese people from immigrating to America. Save To Organizer |
Immigration Books and ResourcesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 Books and resources about the immigrant experience. Save To Organizer |
Asian American History Teacher's GuidePreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Teaching Guides Students learn that Asian immigrants were not quickly or easily accepted into the American way of life. This lesson teaches how Asian... Save To Organizer |
Angel Island: Angel Island: An Asian Pacific American Heritage ActivityGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Online Learning Activities | Drawing Conclusions | Main Idea and Details 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. Save To Organizer |
Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island and the Journey to America BooktalkGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Immigration Ellis Island. From 1892 to 1954 it was the gateway to America. But was it an Island of Hope, or of Tears? Save To Organizer |
The Arrival Book FocusGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Immigration | Social Issues and Conditions Book Focus for The Arrival by Shaun Tan Save To Organizer |
