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Immigration Nation InteractiveImmigration Nation Interactive
Publisher
iCivics
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Grade
6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Immigration Nation

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If citizens are living abroad, can their children still be considered citizens? How long does citizenship last for someone who has been permitted to work in the country? Here is a fun online interactive game that will help your learners answer questions like these on immigrating to the United States.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

naturalization, united states immigration

Additional Tags

american immigration, american citizenship, naturalization, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Project game and play together as a class as a fun way to end a unit on citizenship and immigration
  • Have game available on a few computer devices as one of a series of learning stations on the United States Constitution and/or citizenship

Classroom Considerations

  • Access to game requires free online registration

Pros

  • Well-designed game that covers a variety of scenarios for entering the country

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.4

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