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DiscoverySchool.com Visit

Students will understand the following: 1. North America includes a vast variety of cultural traditions. 2. Cultural traditions show up in festivals, landscape design and structures, and symbols. 3. Multiple cultures must coexist, so conflicts must be resolved.

DiscoverySchool.com Visit

Students will understand the following: 1. Immigration to the United States can be a controversial issue. 2. Reading both fiction and nonfiction books about immigration can help us formulate our own opinions

The Library of Congress Visit

This unit provides a background to students' family histories, and gives them an opportunity to listen to the voices of immigrants of the past. By examining the traditional picture of immigration, students then turn the microscope onto their own families to have a better idea of their own history and their own voices.

The Library of Congress Visit

Learning about immigration through oral history

The Library of Congress Visit

Immigration/Migration: Today and during the Great Depression

The Library of Congress Visit

Using passages from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, along with various history texts, class discussions of students' experiences, and primary source documents and images from the American Memory collections, students uncover the common themes of the immigrant experience.

The New York Times Visit

In this lesson, students explore the intersection between immigration and America's vision of itself. They examine how immigrant groups view themselves as Americans, and how the American 'mainstream' views these same immigrant groups.

The New York Times Visit

In this lesson, students explore how immigration, citizenship, due process of law, and the freedoms of speech and assembly have shaped American values throughout American history.