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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Tour of Ellis Island
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this interactive tour, from Scholastic, Ellis Island comes to life. Ellis Island is the site where millions of immigrants fir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOur Changing Voices
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Immigration and Migration, United States History, History-Social ScienceOur Changing Voices is a lesson in which students identify issues involved in a family or community's migration into Nebraska. S...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImmigration... The Changing Face of America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Immigration and Migration, United States History, History-Social ScienceImmigration... The Changing Face of America includes lessons, photos, and vocabulary activities for learning about immigration a...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHuman Migration Within and Into the United States
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Economics, GeographyIn this Xpeditions lesson, students analyze 1980 and 1990 demographic data from the U.S. They determine net migration for the so...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's It Like to Live Along a National Boundary?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, GeographyIn this Xpeditions lesson, students discuss the concept of boundaries and borders and investigate the characteristics of the Uni...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMigrations in History
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Drawing from the vast collections of the Smithsonian, the site considers what happens when people move and how they make a new h...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPort of Entry Activity
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this activity students assume the role of historical detective and investigate photographs and eyewitness accounts of immigra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, World History, History-Social Science, Psychology, GeographyThis essay, from Ancestry.com, provides reasons for human migration, from religious and ethnic persecution to war and political ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHuddled Masses Still Yearning to Breathe Free: Examining the Modern "Immigrant Experience"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning network, students examine the experience of modern-day immigrants. A "New York ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - Immigration/Migration
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, Electives and 2 additional..In this lesson, students compare immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentCoolies, Sailors and Settlers: Voyage to the New World
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this PBS lesson, students familiarize themselves with larger social, political, and economic issues that influenced the first...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0