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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Naturalized Citizens and the Presidency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the presidential requirements. In this U.S. Constitution lesson, students participate in a role play that requires them to act as senators and debate an amendment to allow naturalized citizens to run for the presidency.
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Primary
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Wilson's Speech to Naturalized Citizen

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this speech given by President Wilson to an audience of naturalized citizens about Americanism and what it means to be an American. Contrast Wilson's message with the notion that Progressives generally supported immigration...
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Handout
US National Archives

Nara: Prologue Magazine: u.s. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), we are provided with a discussion of the history and laws that affected immigrant women and their citizenship. Includes some information about the Cable...
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Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Annotation 36: Naturalization and Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource summarizes the meanings of the words naturalization and citizenship, using excerpts and references from the U.S. Constitution, and explains the power held by the U.S. Congress in granting citizenship.
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic: Naturalization

For Students 9th - 10th
What is naturalization? Describes the requirements and application process needed for one to become a citizen of the United States if not acquired at birth.