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Immigration

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Immigration involves making the difficult decision to leave the homeland and adapt to a new life in a new location. What conditions influenced people to emigrate from their homeland in Quebec, and how were their lives changed by their relocation to Woonsocket, Rhode Island? Explain how people and communities weighed the benefits and costs of emigrating. Explain how new opportunities for work in the textile industry drew immigrants to settle in New England.

Immigration

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Immigration involves making the difficult decision to leave the homeland and adapt to a new life in a new location. In this lesson, students will answer the following essential question: What conditions influenced people to emigrate from their homeland in Quebec, and how were their lives changed by their relocation to Woonsocket, Rhode Island?

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

Immigrant Eyes

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Coming to Ellis Island on a field trip? This self-guided activity is a great way for students to learn about the original inspection immigrants had to pass upon their arrival.

Gateway Arch National Park

City of Immigrants Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

"Congratulations, you are now citizens of the United States!" Thousands of immigrants came to the United States and longed to hear these words. They hoped to build better lives for themselves and their families. In this traveling trunk, students will join three immigrant families--the Reillys, the Kuhlmanns, and the Martinos--as they immigrated to the United States and made St. Louis their home.

Homesteaders, Immigrants & American Indians Curriculum Unit

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Homesteaders, Immigrants & American Indians Curriculum Unit.

Lowell National Historical Park

Immigration, Culture, and Community Virtual Field Trip

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Discover the stories of people who came from all over the world to Lowell and who now make up the city’s diverse community. By investigating primary sources, oral histories, and objects, students learn about the immigrant groups who arrived in the U.S. in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, including why they came, how they met the challenges of settling in a different environment, and how they contributed to their new community.

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Working in America: The Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Immigration Movement

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Working in America" is an interdisciplinary program designed to help students achieve state and national standards in History/Social Studies, Speaking/Listening, Geography, Arts/Humanities, and Technology Education. The working standards vary state to state, but there is substantail agreement on the knowledge and skills students should acquire.

Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Asian Immigrants in California

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

How did Chinese and Japanese immigrants develop California's industry and culture?

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Museum Tour

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

For students to learn about the disaster by viewing artifacts and museum exhibits.

Wax Museum

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Photo credit: NPS photo

Petrified Forest National Park

Museum Detectives Field Trip

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will participate in a guided learning activity inside of the Rainbow Forest Museum identifying and matching replica fossil bones of Late Triassic animals to the museum exhibits. Students will work in groups or pairs to answer questions about the animals and present their answers to the whole class.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Visit to Pearson Air Museum

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A ranger or docent will introduce your class to the museum and Pearson Field, the oldest continuously operated airfield west of the Mississippi. This hour long visit gives your students enough time to browse the museum space with their chaperone and/or enjoy the park film when available (25 minutes). Designed with 15 minutes left to walk to/from HBC Fort Vancouver.

Gateway Arch National Park

General Museum Tour at the Gateway Arch

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The general tour of the museum at the Gateway Arch introduces students to the larger themes of westward expansion and the growth of the United States. Students work with a park ranger who guides them through selected galleries which tell the story of westward expansion and the building of the Gateway Arch.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Museum Scavenger Hunt (Self-Guided)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Our museum tells the story of the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. The scavenger hunt is a fun, interactive, and educational way for students of all ages to explore our museum either on their own or with light guidance.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Oklahoma House

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The students will then be given a tour of an original "Oklahoma" house.

Gateway Arch National Park

A Virtual Tour of the Gateway Arch Museum

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Have your class meet virtually with a park ranger to take a tour of the museum at the Gateway Arch and learn about the ways the museum provides a nuanced interpretation of westward expansion and U.S. history.

Andersonville National Historic Site

Prisoner of War Museum Activity Booklet

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

A booklet is available for students to work through as they explore the National Prisoner of War Museum, focusing on the prisoner of war experience. If you plan on using this activity, you will need run copies for your students before you arrive.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Main Exhibt Hall

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will receive an orientation into the life of Johnstown before, during, and after the flood.

Stones River National Battlefield

Stones River National Battlefield Museum Scavenger Hunt

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Explore the Battle of Stones River and its place in the Civil War by searching for answers in the park's museum exhibits. We have scavenger hunt quizzes suitable for 3rd through 8th grade students.

Statue Of Liberty National Monument

Statue of Liberty Pedestal and Museum: Self-Guided Tour

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This self-guided program will tour you through the Statue of Liberty’s lobby, museum and observation deck. As you approach the statue think about how the statue could have changed over the years, inside and out. Think about the engineering that when into supporting a statue of this size in windy New York Harbor.