Teaching Themes
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.
 Booktalks Booktalk for The Arrival by Shaun TanGrades: 6–8, 9–12 New country, new home, new hopes and dreams. Everyone comes from somewhere else. This is the story of one of those immigrants. |
 Blog Posts Bringing History to Life With Dramatic Play - Reenacting Ellis IslandGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Dramatic play isn’t just for kindergarten! Content-heavy dramatic play is a wonderful way to help older students synthesize subject area lessons.... |
 Blog Posts Planting the Seeds of Interest in Research — Help Kids Find Their Roots!Grades: 3–5 One of my students’ favorite lessons is to research about themselves and their family. Most of us descended from immigrants, and all of our... |
 Blog Posts Immigration — Five Ways We Are Preparing for Our Virtual Field Trip to Ellis IslandGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Are you ready for your virtual field trip to Ellis Island? Here are five ways that we have prepared our 1st and 2nd graders for this exciting... |
 Blog Posts Teaching the Importance of National Monuments — The Statue of LibertyGrades: 6–8 Since we are in the midst of my favorite social studies unit, immigration, I decided to focus upon the magnificence of the Statue of Liberty and... |
 Blog Posts The New ColossusGrades: 6–8, 9–12 This Common Core learning experience explores the allusions in “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, the famous poem inscribed on the Statue of... |
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Lesson Plans, Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities, Book Resources Grades: 6–8 |
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