In an effort to teach children and young adults the vital role immigration plays in the foundation and development of our country, AILF's Public Education staff has created this reference guide of educational curriculum materials dealing with a variety of immigration issues. It is our hope that educators will use this tool as a means of researching lesson plans to be used in their coursework. These lessons have been developed by teachers around the country, and employ a vast array of techniques and media to convey the heroic struggle between dreams and hardships that immigrants face when beginning their new life in America. We will continue to add to our collection of curricula, and eventually plan to post a searchable database of immigration lessons.

Immigration Lesson Plans are
Available by Grade Level

Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade
4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade	7th Grade
8th Grade	9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade
12th Grade

• A Lens into the Past

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• A Lens into the Past

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• There Were Many Reasons Why Immigrants Came to the United States
• Immigration Interview
• A Lens into the Past
• Lessons Connected to the book: "The Long Way to a New Land"
• On-line Immigration Museum
• European Immigrant Museum

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• Reading Lesson for the book: "Molly's Pilgrim"
• Where I Come From
• Immigrant Contributions to America
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Immigration Interview
• Reading for Information Lesson: Chinese Immigration
• Learning Guide to the film: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
• A Lens into the Past
• Researching Different Nations
• Lessons Connected to the book: "The Long Way to a New Land"

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• Immigration Interview
• Where I Come From
• Immigrant Contributions to America
• Diversity of Cultures in America
• The Changing Role of the Iron Range
• A Lens into the Past
• Reading Lesson for the book: "Molly's Pilgrim"
• Reading for Information Lesson: Chinese Immigration
• Dragonwings
• Finding Your Spot in the World
• In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
• Learning Guide to the film: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
• Researching Different Nations

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The following links provide immigration lesson plans that are geared towards Fifth Grade students:

• Immigrants Come to America
• Immigration Interview
• Family History
• Diversity of Cultures in America
• The Changing Role of the Iron Range
• Dragonwings
• Finding Your Spot in the World
• Reading Lesson for the book: "Molly's Pilgrim"
• Reading for Information Lesson: Chinese Immigration
• In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
• Learning Guide to the film: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
• Researching Different Nations
• Tracing Immigrant Ancestors
• Lesson for Students to Design Immigration Play

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Sixth Grade students:

• Learning About Immigration Through Oral History
• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Diversity of Cultures in America
• Learning About Immigration through the book: "Lyddie"
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Finding Your Spot in the World
• Waves of Reform ca. 1800's-1921
• Learning Guide to the film: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Seventh Grade students:

• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Diversity of Cultures in America
• Learning About Immigration through the book: "Lyddie"
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Finding Your Spot in the World
• Exploring Our Roots
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Waves of Reform ca. 1800's-1921
• Emigration: Departure, Crossing, and Arrival
• Pioneer Currency in Utah: Have You Got Change for $5?
• Learning Guide to the film: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Eighth Grade students:

• Angel Island
• American Mosaic
• Gold Mountain: Real Gold or Fool’s Gold?
• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Family History
• Modern Day Pilgrims I
• Modern Day Pilgrims II
• Learning About Immigration through the book: "Lyddie"
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Finding Your Spot in the World
• Exploring Our Roots
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Waves of Reform ca. 1800's-1921
• Emigration: Departure, Crossing, and Arrival
• Learning Guide to the film: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
• Tracing Immigrant Ancestors

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Ninth Grade students:

• "They Are Not Like Us!"-Teaching About Biases Against Immigrants
• "We Ran Silent Movies for Years": An Italian Immigrant Goes Into Show Business in the Early 20th Century
• Learning About Immigration Through Oral History
• A Family Corresponds: Polish Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century
• "I am Obliged to Reside in America": A Gay Immigrant Tells His Story in 1882
• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Immigration in American Memory
• A Chinese Immigrant Makes His Home in Turn-of-the-Century America
• Modern Day Pilgrims I
• Modern Day Pilgrims II
• A German Jewish Woman Settles in North Dakota
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Diversity in America
• "I Was More of a Citizen"
• From Cowboys to Clara Bow: A College Student's Motion Picture Autobiography
• The Last Days Remembered
• "Please, Let Me Put Him in a Macaroni Box"
• "Get the Rope!" Anti-German Violence in World War I-era Wisconsin
• No Way Out: Two New York City Firemen Testify About the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
• "I Stumbled on the Place by Sheer Accident": Oscar Ameringer Discovers the Cincinnati Public Library in 1888
• Exploring Our Roots
• Emigration: Departure, Crossing, and Arrival
• Anne Frank: Heritage
• "Eight Hours a Day and Better Conditions": Andrew Pido Explains His Support for the 1919
• Researching Community and Family History

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Tenth Grade students:

• "We Ran Silent Movies for Years": An Italian Immigrant Goes Into Show Business in the Early 20th Century
• A Family Corresponds: Polish Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century
• "I am Obliged to Reside in America": A Gay Immigrant Tells His Story in 1882
• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Immigration in American Memory
• Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case
• A Chinese Immigrant Makes His Home in Turn-of-the-Century America
• Modern Day Pilgrims I
• Modern Day Pilgrims II
• A German Jewish Woman Settles in North Dakota
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Diversity in America
• "I Was More of a Citizen"
• From Cowboys to Clara Bow: A College Student's Motion Picture Autobiography
• The Last Days Remembered
• "Get the Rope!" Anti-German Violence in World War I-era Wisconsin
• No Way Out: Two New York City Firemen Testify About the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
• "I Stumbled on the Place by Sheer Accident": Oscar Ameringer Discovers the Cincinnati Public Library in 1888
• Exploring Our Roots
• Emigration: Departure, Crossing, and Arrival
• Anne Frank: Heritage
• "I Witnessed the Steel Strike"
• "Eight Hours a Day and Better Conditions": Andrew Pido Explains His Support for the 1919
• "Forty-Two Cents an Hour" for Twelve to Fourteen Hours a Day: George Milkulvich
• Nobody Would Eat Kraut
• Researching Community and Family History

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Eleventh Grade students:

• American Immigration - Past and Present
• "We Ran Silent Movies for Years": An Italian Immigrant Goes Into Show Business in the Early 20th Century
• A Family Corresponds: Polish Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century
• "I am Obliged to Reside in America": A Gay Immigrant Tells His Story in 1882
• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Immigration in American Memory
• Immigration
• Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case
• A Chinese Immigrant Makes His Home in Turn-of-the-Century America
• Family History
• Modern Day Pilgrims I
• Modern Day Pilgrims II
• A German Jewish Woman Settles in North Dakota
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Diversity in America
• "I Was More of a Citizen"
• From Cowboys to Clara Bow: A College Student's Motion Picture Autobiography
• The Last Days Remembered
• "Get the Rope!" Anti-German Violence in World War I-era Wisconsin
• No Way Out: Two New York City Firemen Testify About the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
• "I Stumbled on the Place by Sheer Accident": Oscar Ameringer Discovers the Cincinnati Public Library in 1888
• Genealogy Research
• Exploring Our Roots
• Emigration: Departure, Crossing, and Arrival
• Anne Frank: Heritage
• Researching Community and Family History
• Tracing Immigrant Ancestors

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The following links provide immigration lessons that are geared towards Twelfth Grade students:

• "We Ran Silent Movies for Years": An Italian Immigrant Goes Into Show Business in the Early 20th Century
• A Family Corresponds: Polish Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century
• "I am Obliged to Reside in America": A Gay Immigrant Tells His Story in 1882
• Port of Entry:Immigration Teacher Material
• Immigration in American Memory
• Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case
• A Chinese Immigrant Makes His Home in Turn-of-the-Century America
• Modern Day Pilgrims I
• Modern Day Pilgrims II
• A German Jewish Woman Settles in North Dakota
• What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865-1900
• Diversity in America
• "I Was More of a Citizen"
• From Cowboys to Clara Bow: A College Student's Motion Picture Autobiography
• The Last Days Remembered
• "Get the Rope!" Anti-German Violence in World War I-era Wisconsin
• No Way Out: Two New York City Firemen Testify About the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
• "I Stumbled on the Place by Sheer Accident": Oscar Ameringer Discovers the Cincinnati Public Library in 1888
• Exploring Our Roots
• Emigration: Departure, Crossing, and Arrival
• Anne Frank: Heritage
• "I Witnessed the Steel Strike"
• "Eight Hours a Day and Better Conditions": Andrew Pido Explains His Support for the 1919
• Researching Community and Family History

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