ThinkCERCA's lessons give students an opportunity to connect with stories, reports, and first-hand accounts about immigration. Each authentic text is paired with a writing prompt, and premium lessons include scaffolded writing supports as well.
With these lessons for grades 3-12, don't just ask students to read about immigration. Inspire them to express their views and to reflect on immigration's connection to their life.
What made living on Ellis Island so unique?
Why are family traditions important?
What is the most impressive part of the creation of the Statue of Liberty?
Should immigrants follow the traditions of the country they move to, the country they left, or combine traditions of both countries?
What values of the United States does the poem explain?
What were some of the reasons why people's names were changed when they immigrated?
What actions by individuals and groups caused the U.S. government to create child labor laws?
How did the Polish settlers of Jamestown help make it a successful settlement?
What does the narrator learn about Natasha's Roma heritage, how others talk about it, and how it affects her?
What evidence suggests that Ellis Island interpreters were successful?
How are people learning the language of their ancestors, and why might they be motivated to do so?
Is the work of the National Geographic Project of value? Use key vocabulary from the article to support your answer.
What do the families' experiences in the article indicate about the way the world was changing in the early twentieth century?
Why was there a national effort to preserve and restore Ellis Island?
Do Augustus Sherman's photographs accurately reflect the immigrant experience at Ellis Island?
Why do some immigrants to the United States become citizens while others do not?
According to the author, how does moving to a new culture alter one's personal identity?
What makes Nora RodrÃguez a hero?
How does Mary Margaret Mullins Gordon's immigration story impact your understanding of the immigrant experience at Ellis Island?
How does the author explore themes of the impact of culture on intimacy through the story of her relationship with her grandmother?
How were the Italian immigrants able to overcome the opposition to the creation of a Columbus statue?
Does the author’s reference to Kristallnacht make a persuasive case in favor of expanding asylum today?
How did common Thanksgiving misconceptions begin and why do they continue today?
What made Slovak a daredevil?