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Introduction to Immigration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss selected library resources (both fiction and non-fiction) about children and immigration. They discuss some of the historical trends that have occurred in patterns of immigration to America.
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The Land of Immigrants

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students access information and data about US immigration using the Internet and other sources. They identify from research data the countries from which the largest number of immigrants to the US come from and create a database of these...
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Immigration in the United States

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the theory of immigration and how their ancestors became part of this Nation. They determine how immigration affected the United States through research and language activities. They construct a timeline of a time in...
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Reading Immigration Graphs and Charts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the settlement patterns and land use in Minnesota. In groups, they practice reading immigration graphs and charts and discuss why immigrants settled where they did. They are also introduced to new vocabulary related to...
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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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The Immigrants of Brooklyn: Now And Then

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars compare the immigrant population during the pre-Civil War era (1855) to that of today (2000 census data). They interpret circle and bar graphs comparing immigrant populations in Brooklyn yesterday and today, and create a...
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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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Chinese Immigration 1860s-1880s

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider the plight of Chinese immigrants to America. In this immigration lesson plan, 8th graders analyze political cartoons from the late 1800's that exemplify American public opinion regarding Chinese immigrants. The...
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Immigration in Canada and in the European Union

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore immigration policies. In this immigration lesson, 12th graders discuss the implications of immigration as they read polices for Canadian and European Union immigration. Students then draft their own immigration...
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Introduction to Immigration

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read and discuss selected library resources about students and immigration.
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An Immigration Graph

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars practice reading and understanding information in a table and converting the information to graph form. They create a graph showing the number of immigrants per country of origin between 1899 and 1924.
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Ellis Island/Immigration Scrapbook

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the Ellis Island immigration processing station. In this immigration instructional activity, 8th graders research Ellis Island using the selected websites and create scrapbooks that contain pictures, clippings, and...
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Current Issues Lesson 3: Immigration Enforcement Raids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the purpose of immigration enforcement raids. For this current events lesson, students read "Immigration Enforcement Raids" and participate in an activity that requires them to deem the ICE practices as effective...
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Not the Stereotypical Immigrant?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers complete a Venn diagram comparing the stereotypes of modern African immigrants to those of other major immigrant groups in the U.S. They write an essay on their observations.
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Unauthorized Immigration and the U.S. Economy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine unauthorized immigration in the United States. In this current issues lesson, students examine 4 letters written to the editor regarding unauthorized immigration. High schoolers act as editors and analyze the...
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Omaha Immigration Case Study

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the immigration patterns in the United States.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders study the push and pull factors that caused immigration.  Students research one group of individuals and create a...
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Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. In this immigration lesson, 11th graders consider the impact of Chinese immigration to America as they read and discuss writings on the topic from noteworthy...
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An Immigrant's Journey

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use books, resource CDs, and the Internet to research and collect images of the experiences of immigrants in 1907. They are divided into groups of four to write journal entries for a fictional, yet historically accurate, immigrant.
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Immigrant Photo Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine photographs taken of immigrants during late 1800s and early 1990s in America, and identify factors involved in immigration through examination of primary documents that include statistics, trends, graphs,...
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U.S. History: Immigrant Scrapbooks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role-play as immigrants coming to America around the turn of the 19th century. They conduct Internet research and print out pictures to use in an immigrant scrapbook. Students write captions for the pictures and narratives to...
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Contemporary Immigration

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the patterns and waves of immigrants that have come to the United States from 1850 to 2000. They participate in a class discussion about immigration, and in small groups conduct research analyzing and evaluating...
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Chinese Immigration in the Mid-19th Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Chinese immigration lesson, students research the Chinese immigration between 1850 and 1882.
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Immigration

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the American immigration experience. For this immigration lesson, 8th graders watch a video about Ellis Island and discuss the processing that took place there. Students write letters in the voice of American...
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Immigration Vocabulary

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review immigration vocabulary. In this immigration instructional activity, 8th graders review vocabulary words using a SMART Board file and then take a quiz on the vocabulary words related to 19th century American...

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