Immigration
| | "America is not like a blanket: one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread." Jesse Jackson |
| American Immigration Overview | | From National Heritage Academies: “This site provides an overview of U.S. immigration using pictures, timelines, and voice-over narration. Topics include the Irish Potato Famine, Asian Immigration, Immigration in Cities and Town, as well as a discussion of the ‘melting pot.’ Personal Histories provide an opportunity at the end to stop and review what has been read and heard.” |
| | Stories of Yesterday and Today | | Scholastic offers a multitude of information about immigration of the past and what it is like today. You can meet young immigrants and hear their stories. You can also take an interactive tour of Ellis Island! |
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| | Immigration Teacher Resources | | Many free lesson plan ideas that integrate social studies with reading/language arts, math, art, and music can be found on this site! |
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| | | Where I Come From | | "What parts of the world has your family come from? What is life like there today? What are your feelings about these places your family once called home?" |
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| | Sodbusters! | Examine photographs of sod houses, build a model sod house, and picture yourself living in a "soddie" to gain a firsthand perspective on this important period of American history.
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| | | Coming to America: Immigration Builds America | | Students are introduced to "the two major waves of immigration that brought 34 million people to our nation's shores and spurred the greatest period of national change and growth." |
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| | Making a Choice | Use documents to answer this question: "Should Chinese laborers who were hoping to make it rich in America have
stayed in the U.S. despite growing anti-Chinese sentiment or should they have
returned to their families in China?" |
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