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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

US Immigration Policy: What Should We Do?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners evaluate immigration policies. In this global issues activity, students analyze the long-term goals of divergent immigration policies as they role play the deliberation process. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hispanic Immigration

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this immigration lesson, students examine sources regarding the history of Hispanic immigration to the United...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who is Fit to Enter? The Immigrant Experience at Ellis Island

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the purpose of Ellis Island. In this immigration lesson, students explore the operation of Ellis Island as they participate in a simulation that requires them to organize and handle immigrants coming into the United...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 6

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine legislation on immigration policies. They discuss current immigration laws, read a handout, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience: Chinese Exclusion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan is from a larger unit examining the Chinese immigrant experience in America in the 19th century. Students will examine actions that were taken to discriminate against the Chinese and exclude them from American society.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site covers both the initial Industrial Revolution in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second revolution that highlighted new inventions and the businessmen who financed industry. Read brief...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Immigration Historians in the News 2018

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on immigration historians in the news in 2018. It provides a list of links to 2018 immigration publications.