1.   Historical Look at U.S. Immigration This lesson will provide the framework for a unit on Mexican immigrants in the United States. Students will gain a deeper understanding of immigration from a historical perspective. It could also be used as a lesson for students learning about colonial times.

2.   The Interactive Read-Aloud Presents a lesson about immigration that teaches and tests students' listening comprehension and vocabulary skills through reading them relevant subject matter.

3.   Why People Move Students focus on the theme of migration. They learn the variety of reasons why groups of people, and the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest specifically, migrated.

4.   Immigration for Grades K-2 Exposes students to the unique contributions of immigrants to American history and culture.

5.   Immigration for Grades 3-5 Compares and contrasts the stories of immigrants past to those of recent immigrants. This lesson also compares the difference between experiences at Ellis Island and the Angel Island.

6.   Immigration for Grades 6-8 Students research the effects of immigration on American history and culture.

7.   Learning to Interview Practice students listening and speaking skills by asking them to introduce their families and each other, with the main theme being immigration and ancestry.

8.   Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Students learn the various reasons people come to America through oral histories of recent and historic immigrants, recognize immigrant contributions,and compare Ellis Island and Angel Island experiences.

9.   Port of Entry: Immigration This resource for teachers provides lesson plans in which students assume the role of historical detectives and travel back in time to the turn of the century, they search for clues about immigrant life in the United States - from the Learning Page, the Library of Congres

10.   What pushed immigrants from their homelands and pulled them to the United States? The students will be able to: 1. understand the reasons why people left their homelands and why they were drawn to the United States. 2. use primary resources to appreciate the diversities and similarities among immigrant experiences.

1.   Teacher Lesson Plan - Immigration/Migration Today and During the Great Depression The Library of Congress _ Immigration/Migration: Today and During the Great Migrant Family in Mexico Depression Evelyn Bender and Byron Stoloff + Is there a novel in every person? + Are there stories that have never been told because they seemed unimportant? + What is the value of the lives of people who will never be famous or have the...

2.   Immigration: A Vision & A Dream - KQED EdNet KQED _ KQED Home Support KQED About KQED Radio TV Programs A-Z Topics KQED Education Educator Resources New Search Network Immigration: A Vision & A Dream In this lesson, students will explore issues surrounding immigration, assimilation and maintenance of cultural identity. PDF DOWNLOAD (PDF) _ Grade Range 7-12 Topics Social Studies - Diversity, US Government, US History View other educator resources in these areas: Resource _ Typ...

3.   Immigration in Indiana: K-12 Lessons Lesson Plan: Put it in Print Rationale: This is another approach to using a decision-making framework (see also lesson plan Tough Decisions) through role-playing and teamwork. Students will address issues of immigration reform and contemporary immigrant experiences in Indiana. Students are encouraged to form their own opinions and articulate them. Materials: Pencils, notepads; if available, tape recorders, wordprocessor (computers), photocopier. Timeframe: Up to ten hours Method: You and your team members are a sta...

4.   Activity 2-1 free hit counter javascript Activity 2-1: A Japanese Immigrant Experience Introduction In this activity, students examine experiences of early Japanese immigration to the United States as depicted in three episodes of comic strips by Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama. Students will learn about the segregation of Asian children in San Francisco schools in 1906; the alien land acts passed by the State of California in 1913 and 1920; and the Immigration Act of 1924, which...

5.   Soddie - Intermediate ...Secondary Prosperity (Lesson Plan) Time Allowance: 1 - 2 hours Overview This lesson is based on viewing the Historica Minute, "Soddie," that focuses on the realities that immigrants in the 1880's faced when they arrived on the Canadian Prairie. Aims Students will explore the myths and realities of immigration in the 1880's. Students will create posters and speeches "selling" the idea of immigration, and they will role-play the experiences that immigrants would have had once they arrived on the Canadian Prairie. Activity 1. The Last Best West Many European immigrants were drawn to the Prairies because of...

6.   Ellis Island Unit, Lesson 4 Electronic Field Trips Ellis Island Unit Lesson Four Immigration Explorations, Part 2 Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description Internet Resources + Grade level: Middle/Upper Elementary, High School + Subject Area: Social Studies, Language Arts Brief Description After they've completed their oral histories, students conduct seconda...

7.   Lesson 2: The Immigration Years free hit counter javascript Lesson 2: The Immigration Years Organizing Question What were the experiences of early Japanese immigrants to the United States like? Introduction This lesson familiarizes students with the experiences and struggles of early Japanese immigrants to the United States, known as issei (a Japanese word meaning "first generation")...

8.   Immigration in Indiana: K-12 Lessons ...f their meaning. Materials: Dictionaries, pencils, papers, and the word chart below. Timeframe: One to two hours Method: 1. Print this page. 2. Divide into small groups; how fast can your group unscramble all these words? 3. When all words are unscrambled, construct three meaningful sentences about immigration using at least ONE word from EACH column. Use each word only once. You can find definitions for most of these words in the Glossary. 4. Share your sentences with the other groups! 5. Build your own "unscrambler" ! Here's your list of words: People Places Concepts targnimim rafiac asarodip gritnam Li...

9.   Ellis Island Unit, Lesson 2 Electronic Field Trips Ellis Island Unit Lesson Two Immigration Explorations, Part I Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description Internet Resources + Grade level: Middle/Upper Elementary, High School + Subject Area: Social Studies, Language Arts Brief Description Students visit a number of sites on immigration that were created by o...

10.   Soddie - Secondary ...is lesson is based on viewing the Historica Minute, "Soddie," that focuses on the realities that immigrants in the 1880's faced when they arrived on the Canadian Prairie. Aims Students will explore the myths and realities of immigrants' experiences in the 1880's, they will compare Clifford Sifton's immigration policies in the 1880's to immigration policies today, and they will examine the role of women in Prairie communities. Activity 1. Peopling the Prairies The settlement of the Canadian Prairies is a fundamental topic in the study of Canadian history. The Minute offers an introduction to the study of i...