LESSON PLANS
Students travel back in time to learn about the lives of the immigrant families who made their home in a tenement on New…
Students use a Web resource to share some of the experiences of immigrants who recently arrived at Ellis Island. Then,…
Students research American immigration and use arithmetic to determine some facts and statistics about various immigrant…
REFERENCE
Learn about Asian-American history-from the early Chinese laborers in the 1800s to millions of U.S. citizens today.
Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large portion of their stories on…
WORKSHEETS
Students will learn about life in turn-of-the-century immigrant life in New York City with the Immigrants' Experiences…
After reading and discussing the genre of historical fiction, students consider the life of immigrants and write a story…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Challenge students to compare moving into a country with moving within a country with a graphic organizer. This…
Use a printable that contains some important vocabulary related to immigration.
Students view photographs of immigrants (included in this printable), pretend they are recent immigrants to America, and…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Improve students' reading skills and their knowledge of immigration in American history. This printable contains a…
An article outlining the history of the school year in the United Sates.