Module 18: Immigration- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to state reasons that people came to the United States throughout history and how this impacted Native Americans, make observations about the importance of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to immigrants from 1892 to 1954, and apply concepts of why immigration continues today.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Coming to America
  1. State reasons that people came to the United States throughout history and how this impacted Native Americans.
2 Ellis Island
  1. Make observations about the importance of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to immigrants from 1892 to 1954.
3 Immigration Today
  1. Apply concepts of why immigration continues today.
4 Project: Comic Book Immigration Story
  1. Draw pictures to show how a family immigrated to the United States.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
immigrant
immigration
Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Coming to America 5 Immigration Sort Assignment
2 Ellis Island 6 American Immigration Assignment
3 Immigration Today 5 Moving to America Assignment
4 Project: Comic Book Immigration Story 2 My Comic Book
4 Project: Comic Book Immigration Story 3 Comic Book Immigration Story Project

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Coming to America After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain why immigrants came to America and the impact it had on Native Americans.
2 Ellis Island After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the importance of Ellis Island and why the Statue of Liberty was important.
3 Immigration Today After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain why people still immigrate to America today.
4 Project: Comic Book Immigration Story After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the rubric requirements and the requirements of the project. When they have finished their project ask them to review their finished product against the rubric requirements to make sure they meet all of the requirements.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Coming to America
  1. Why did immigrants come to America, and how did this impact Native Americans?
Ellis Island
  1. Why were Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty important?
Immigration Today
  1. Why do people still immigrate to America?
Project: Comic Book Immigration Story
  1. How can you demonstrate what you have learned about immigration?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Coming to America: The Story of Immigration: The Story of Immigration Betsy Maestro
2 At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices Louise Peacock

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing