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General Objectives |
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Social Studies National Thematic Strands |
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Indiana Standards Met |
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Children's Literature Connections |
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Calendar (with main objective in italics and main activity for the day) |
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Calendar (with short description of the day's activities) |
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Lesson Plans |
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Introduction to Immigration |
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Why Come to America? |
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"My Family is America's History?" |
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Contributions to America |
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Tolerance and Respect for Immigrants |
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For Every Child |
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A Thanksgiving Story |
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Thanksgiving Dinner |
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DEAR TEACHER |
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This unit was developed to help teach students (third through
sixth grade) about immigration in the United States, through children's
literature. The main goal or objective in this unit is for students to
understand that everyone living in the United States has ancestors who
emigrated from another country or are immigrants themselves. This will,
hopefully, help students understand how immigrants should be treated and
respected in our diverse society. The unit, as written, would take about one month to complete. It could certainly be shortened, and there are many things that could be added to the unit, depending on what exactly you want to get across to the students. Feel free to use whatever you would like from the unit, and add to it as much as you like. Included in the unit, is some background information and additional resources. This will help you get a start on learning more about the topic, before you begin teaching. Have Fun! |
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IMMIGRATION | ||
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TIMELINE OF IMMIGRATION |
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About 20,000 BC First people came to North America from Asia. |
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200 AD Civilizations flourish in the Americas. |
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1000 Vikings settle for a short time in Newfoundland, Canada. | |
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1492 Columbus reaches the Americas. Other European explorers soon follow. | |
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1505 First African slaves are brought to the Americas by the Spaniards. | |
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1537 New Spain is established in Mexico after conquest of Aztecs. | |
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1541 French explorer Jacques Cartier founds settlement at Quebec, Canada | |
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1565 Spanish establish fort at San Agustin, later St. Augustine, Florida. | |
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1585 English settle briefly on Roanoke Island, off North Carolina. | |
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1607 First permanent English colony is established at Jamestown, Virginia. | |
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1619 First African slaves are brought to the English colonies. | |
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1620 Pilgrims come to Massachusetts in search of religious freedom. | |
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1624 Dutch settle in New Amsterdam, later New York City. |
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1630 Puritans come to Massachusetts; 16,000 come to Boston in next 10 years. |
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1638 First Swedes come to Deleware. | |
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1640 Colonial population is about 28,000. | |
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1677 Quakers arrive from England. | |
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1683 Welsh and Germans settle near Philadelphia. | |
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1709 Swiss and German immigrants settle in the Carolinas. | |
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1718 New Orleans is founded by the French. | |
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1750 Population numbers over one million. | |
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1769 Spanish establish first mission in California. | |
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1790 First census, or counting of citizens, is authorized by Congress. Population reaches almost 4 million. | |
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1821 First American settlement is founded in Texas, at Austin. | |
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1845 Thousands of Irish begin coming to escape famine in Ireland. | |
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1848 First Chinese immigrants arrive in San Francisco. |
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1850 The seventh U.S. Census counts about 23 million in the 31 states of the union. |
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1886 The Statue of Liberty is unveiled. | |
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1892 Ellis Island opens. | |
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1900 U.S. population stands at 76 million. There are 45 states. | |
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1907 Peak year for Ellis Island. More than one million immigrants pass through. | |
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1917 Thirty-three different groups are now excluded from coming to America. | |
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1950 U.S. population is now about 150 million. There are 48 states. | |
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1954 Ellis Island closes. | |
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1965-1992 New immigration laws end discriminatory quotas, set numerical limits, and offer amnesty to many illegal immigrants. | |
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2000 Population is more than 260 million. | |
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WEBSITE RESOURCES |
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Immigration: The living Mosaic of People, Culture, and
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Immigration History Research Center. |
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Virtual
Ellis Island Tour |
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American Family Immigration Center
History: Explore Your Family History at Ellis Island. |
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The American Immigration Homepage
(Started as a project for a 10th Grade American History class.) |
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US Gen Web Kidz Site (Where kids can
research their family history). |
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My History is America's History.
(Includes resources and information for adults and children.) |
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Center
of Immigration Studies. |
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Online activity for students.
Additional resources for teacher. |
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BOOKS |
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Lind, Marilyn. Immigration, Migration and Settlement in the United States: A Genealogical Guidebook. |
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Morton, Peter Coan. Ellis Island Interviews. 1998. |
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Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. New York: HarperCollins, 1990. | |
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Freedman, Russel. Immigrant Kids. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. |
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Freedman, Russel. Immigrant Kids. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. |
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Kraut, Alan M. The Huddled Masses : The Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1921, 1982. |
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Silver, Fannie. Better Than Gold : An Immigrant Family's First Years in Brooklyn, 1988 | |
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Bode, Janet. New Kids in Town : Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens, 1995. | |
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Magdalena Herdoíza-Estévez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education School of Education 0005 Indiana University Southeast 4201 Grant Line Road New Albany, IN 47150 Phone: (812) 941-2302 E-mail: mherdoiz@ius.edu http://homepages.ius.edu/mherdoiz |
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