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Immigration: Our Changing Voices

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Students identify how immigration affects the family and or community. In this Immigration lesson, students examine traditional migration and how immigration has changed over time. Students will consider their own families and history and compare it to the experience of modern day immigrants.

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family immigration, immigration, shifts in immigration, social studies
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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Public Domain

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