Lesson Plans

An Immigrant's Experience is designed to help middle school students gain a better understanding of an immigrant's experience. By conducting interviews and writing journal entries, students will be able to understand and appreciate their interviewee's unique journey by creating a first-person retelling of their experience using iMovie.

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Stories of Immigration teaches secondary grade students about the value of immigration through selected literature. The lesson also increases student awareness of the important historical periods of immigration and the effects of these events on America.

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Issues in Immigration: A Debate explores conflicts, myths and facts about immigration and immigrants. This lesson plan increases student awareness about immigration issues through the art debate.

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Immigration Today will allow middle grade students to develop their communications skills as speakers and writers as they discover how American immigrants continue to contribute positively to the American way of life.

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We Are Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience seeks to teach students about the history of immigration through the voices and experiences of the immigrants.

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Immigrants & Community teaches middle grade students through literacy-based activities about various types of community and about how immigrants contribute to the communities of which they are a part.

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Immigration to the United States allows students to use their communication skills in writing, speaking, and illustrating as they discover their families' heritage and appreciate the impact immigration has had on their lives.

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Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel teaches primary students the value of immigration through the contributions of immigrants to American society through reading, listening, writing and art projects.

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Grandfather's Journey explores themes of cross cultural experience as well as intergenerational relationships and family history. The award-winning illustrations convey Say's love of family, as well as his love of place. Through a series of reading, writing and reflection activities, students will explore this cross cultural theme and develop a deeper understanding of why immigrants come to the United States.

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Creating Heritage Boxes will allow students to obtain a cross-curricular knowledge using relevant literature and information obtained through family member interviews. Students will understand the value of becoming familiar with their heritage and culture through the research of an ancestor. (NOTE: This is a project-based learning activity that requires several months and the support of families and the school community to implement. The interconnected activities will foster an overall understanding and appreciation for the diversity in your school and our nation.)

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