Studying the Caribbean Immigration

Young scholars discover the great immigration to the United Kingdom by examining historic photographs.  In this world history lesson, students research the migration of West Indians to England in the early 1950's.  Young...

Students read a narrative "Caribbean Immigration" online. They use websites to choose an influential Caribbean immigrant to study. They write research papers and present their research with the class.

Learners study the relationship between sugar, African and Caribbean laborers, and migration. They examine the role of enslaved Africans in the creation of the Caribbean sugar industry.

Students discuss what it would be like to be new to a town. They are then asked questions related to the immigrants coming to America. Extensions of this lesson are available.

A history of immigration timeline, which discusses and illustrates periods of U.S. immigration history, pre-1790 through 2000.

Students examine what goes into hero worship and establishing unlikely friendships. They probe the deeper meanings in "'Magic' Pablo" through small group dialog and use a variety of ways to process the story's meaning. They see the...

Students complete a variety of language based activities to study the feelings of the Caribbean immigrants who arrived in the UK in the 1940's and 1950's. They use a poem as the basis to begin their studies of the Windrush Generation....

Centered on the short story "The Tenth Man" by Polish Holocaust survivor Ida Fink, here is a solid one-day resource to support study of World War II or Nazi history, short stories, or to complement any ELA unit on The Diary of Anne Frank...

Students examine the markets that brought people to America. They identify the role of the immigrants in creating this country. They also analyze data to gather information about the time period.

Young scholars consider the effect of technological development, industrial growth and changing population on education in historical Deerfield Connecticut. They review many primary resources to investigate history and write a response...