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Students view photographs of immigrants (included in this printable), pretend they are recent immigrants to America, and write a journal entry depicting their arrival.

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Immigration Thematic Unit
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OverviewStudents travel back in time to learn about the lives of the immigrant families who made their home in a tenemen...

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