WORKSHEETS
Use a printable that contains some important vocabulary related to immigration.
Give your students the opportunity to research their family history.
Students view photographs of immigrants (included in this printable), pretend they are recent immigrants to America, and…
Discover a game that will help students learn the origins of some words in the English language.
Students will learn about life in turn-of-the-century immigrant life in New York City with the Immigrants' Experiences…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Students can track their ancestors' travel route to the United States, using an immigration bulletin board.
Investigate immigration, art, and story with the activities in this teacher's guide for The Matchbox Diary by Paul…
REFERENCE
Students use this sheet to display information they collected while researching their personal history.
Simulate the immigration process at Ellis Island, with some students acting as examiners and others pretending to be…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Challenge students to compare moving into a country with moving within a country with a graphic organizer. This…
This printable about Colonial times tells the story of the Pilgrims' landing in America.
Students learn facts and statistics about the Statue of Liberty by completing these word problems.
Students create their own mini-book about famous immigrants to America who contributed to the field of science. Featured…
DAILY WARM-UPS
This printable warm-up includes a nonfiction reading passage about urbanization in American and reading comprehension…
BOOK GUIDES
This teacher's guide includes curriculum activities and discussion questions for Crossing the Wire, a story of one boy's…
Ask pupils to think about these discussion points before and while reading Becoming Joe DiMaggio, Almost Forever, or…
This literature guide to Laurence Yep's The Serpent's Children, Mountain Light, Dragonwings, and Dragon's Gate –…
Promote classroom discussion about Laurence Yep and Dr. Kathleen S. Yep's The Dragon's Child, a story that follows a…
Use this study guide to teach Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki. This literature guide…
Educate students about the Canadian Justice System with this worksheet. Students will learn about the Donnellys and…
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain is a compelling story of Chinese immigration to America. The nonfiction text by…
Same Sun Here is a story told through letters between unlikely kindred spirits—an Indian girl who has emigrated to New…
Bring the early 20th-century immigrant experience to life through historical fiction. This printable curriculum guide to…
Students read an overview of immigration in the 1920s, and complete related activities to extend their understanding.
