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Go West Young Man#148
Students determine the difference between immigration and emigration. They read and listen to books about emigration westward during the Gold Rush years. They examine life in Gold Rush towns while determining why gold is so valuable....
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Pretending to be freed people, students explore the reasons why US citizens might emigrate from the USA to new lands. Within this activity, they will prepare proposals discussing both the pros and cons for emigration. The activity will...
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Changing Places
Students examine the experiences of immigrants coming to America from China. They create cultural profiles for themselves and others. They identify the reasons why people immigrate to another country.
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Opportunity and Danger
Students examine the Immigration Acts of 1862 and 1865. They discover how Chinese immigrants faced prejudice. They interview a first or second generation immigrant.
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Laurier House National Historic Site of Canada Immigration From 1896 (laurier) To 1947 (king)
Students study the immigration patterns in Canada from 1896 to 1947. They examine how the railroads played a part in the immigration process.
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"Small Boy and Girl With Jumper," by Akio Takamori
Learners examine and analyze the sculpture, "Small Boy and Girl With Jumper," by Akio Takamori. They answer discussion questions, discuss how immigrants make a contribution to their new country, and design and create clay symbols.
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Plan an Advertising Campaign to Attract New Citizens
Students examine how to use visual media as a creative way of thinking about and responding to immigration issues. They conduct Internet research, and design and create a poster or brochure to attract new immigrant to Indiana.
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Ybor City Historic District
Students analyze the role cigar making played in Ybor City. They examine how cigars are made and the different societies who helped immigrants keep their identify. They compare and contrast their own community to Ybor City.
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Put It In Print
Students research immigration reform and immigrant experiences in Indiana. They form their own opinions and voice them. They role-play editors and writers of a newspaper to get their information across.
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 6
Pupils examine legislation on immigration policies. They discuss current immigration laws, read a handout, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions.
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Picture a Nation
Students research immigration data from a specific time period. They create a graphic organizer that depicts the information and share the information with the class.
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Focused Learning Lesson: American History
Eleventh graders compare and contrast the type of immigrant that came to America during the 19th and 20th centuries. They write letters as if they were immigrants coming to America and what they faced and their hopes for the future.
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SIXTEEN TONS
Students explore a variety of music related to the coal mining industry and organized labor which can be integrated into the study of Colorado History, American Labor History, and a study of immigration.
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Anne Frank: Heritage
Pupils research questions about their ancestors and their family history. They discuss their findings and include problems of immigrants today.
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Canada's Immigration Policy: Mock Immigration Hearing
Students explore the Canadian immigration process, and assuming the roles of immigrants from varied backgrounds, and take part in mock immigration hearings.
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The Immigrant and the American Dream
Students describe the concept of the American Dream and explain how it is related to immigration.
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The New Immigrants
Students determine what lures immigrants to the Pittsburgh area. They conduct interviews to compare the experiences of new immigrants to the area to those of previous immigrants.
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Freedom to Worship
Students investigate reasons why people sought freedom to worship in the United States and some of the difficulties and issues facing them in their immigration. As immigrants, they write letters to family members in the old country.
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How Did the Immigrants Get to the United States?
Third graders search TDC database for images of immigration from other countries, maps, and diaries. They identify the challenges that immigrants had to endure to reach the United States.
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Africans and African Americans
Students complete small group tasks related to racism as it applies to African Americans, African immigrants, and white immigrants. Through discussion of their findings, students explain of challenges in society that African immigrants...
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Immigration in the Connecticut River Valley
Students discuss and compare immigration during the 18th century to the Connecticut River Valley to that in America during the turn of the century.
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Colonization and Emigration
Students explore emigrants deciding to leave the United States and the events that lead to their decisions.
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Open Door, Closed Door: Discrimination in Immigration and Migration
Learners select a nation and explore its immigration policies, both current and (where possible) in the past. Then, students add their information, either on a bulletin board chart or map, or a computer spreadsheet.
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The Second Great Migration
Students examine causes of The Second Great Migration and the impact it had on its destination communities.