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Recognizing the Undocumented

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the plight of undocumented workers. In this immigration instructional activity, students examine multimedia sources about the role that undocumented workers play in the American economy and conduct further research...
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Activity
It's About Time

Factors Affecting Population Size

For Teachers 7th - 12th
How do we predict future population growth? Young researchers investigate various factors affecting the size of our population. As they calculate and interpret graphs to determine factors that could potentially affect increases and...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Special Order 40

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The city of Los Angeles' 1979 Special Order 40 states: "LAPD officers shall not initiate police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person." After reading a fact sheet that details the history of Special Order...
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Driver's License Task Force

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students read a handout on unauthorized immigrants and discuss questions. In this current events lesson, students engage in a simulation in which they are advisers to the state governor. Students analyze several proposals and try to...
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Amnesty:More Than A Word

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine two advertisements, both of which claimed a 2007 immigration reform bill would provide "amnesty" to illegal immigrants. They research a bill and check the accuracy of advertising claims. Afterward, they write their own,...
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In the Melting Pot

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work in small groups, each group examining a different aspect of the immigration process (such as visas, work permits, and citizenship exams) or of illegal immigration (such as deportation), to better explain the immigration...
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Immigration Myths

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners discuss myths and stereotypes about different immigrant groups.  In this immigration myths and tolerance instructional activity, students work through six workstations in which they hypothesize where a particular myth originated...
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Immigrants and the U.S. Constitution

For Teachers All
This activity will help students learn more about current immigrant experience, nvestigate U.S. immigration and labor laws, consider the meaning of citizenship, gain knowledge about the economics of poverty, practice research skills and...
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University of Arkansas

Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What basic rights are guaranteed to all Americans? Do citizens, legal aliens, illegal aliens, and minors all have the same rights? Should individuals all over the world enjoy the same rights? Class members read the Declaration of...
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Lesson Plan
Hampton-Brown

From "First Crossing"

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scholars look closely at four tales taken from the collection of short stories, First Crossing edited by Donald R. Galloby. While examining the life of four teenagers and the lives they lead as U.S. immigrants, your enthusiastic...
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Seeking a New Life

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore illegal international immigration, and explore the ways in which immigration impacts a host country.
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The Red Scare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify and interpret issues of Nativism and Protectionism in early 20th Century America. They analyze the roots of anti-immigrant movements in the Post-World War One United States. Finally, students identify and explore the...
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Who Was Here?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore how their community has also had various waves of immigration over the years. It asks students to visit a local cemetery and examine the names and dates on the headstones to find evidence of who lived in the community...
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Deportation in Narration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore both sides of the United States immigration issue. Through research, they explore the increase in the deportations of undocumented immigrants over the last year, and the impact deportation has had on one immigrant...
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Create a Walking Tour of San Francisco's Chinatown

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Take a tour of Chinatown as it was in the 1800's. Analyzing primary source images and documents, learners will gain a better understanding of the myths and misconceptions of Chinese immigrants during the 1800's. They create a pamphlet to...
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University of Arkansas

Promises Denied

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
"Promises Denied," the second instructional activity in a unit that asks learners to consider the responsibilities individuals have to uphold human rights, looks at documents that illustrate the difficulty the US has had trying to live...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Mexican Border

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Mexican border instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
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Worksheet
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Migrants Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Migrants Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Theodore Boone - Kid Lawyer: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A child lawyer is exactly what people need ... not! With the novel study for John Grisham's Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, pupils use their imaginations to create their own examples of sarcasm. They also research a chosen famous lawyer and...
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Examine Economic Factors That Influence Human Migration Along the U.S/Mexican Border

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students bring in their own article about immigration and how it is affecting their community. They summarize their article and brainstorm reasons why someone would immigrate to another country. They discuss push and pull factors.
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Voting and US Resident Aliens

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the process of voting.  In this American Government lesson plan, 12th graders evaluate the arguments for and against alien voting.  Students participate in a debate on voting rights.  
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Journeys from Afar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the significance of their own and other's life journeys. They appreciate the differences and similarities between migrants' and refugees' journeys. Students identify obstacles faced by migrants and refugees when...
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Stop the Flow!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm creative solutions to economic problems in Mexico and the US to help stem the flow of perilous border crossings. They formulate a coherent plan to present to lawmakers.
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LUIZ JIMENEZ AND DRAWING

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view and discuss the work of Luis Jimenez and then complete several gesture drawings using a variety of media.