An Interactive Timeline: U.S. Immigration Policy, Past and Present

Grade

6-9

9-12

Lesson Duration

From: The Choices Program

Students access an interactive timeline with videos and images to:

Review a timeline of U.S. immigration policy and laws from European colonization to today
Consider the benefits of studying immigration policy to learn about the past and the present
Identify patterns in immigration policy and the factors that led to those policies
Collaboratively synthesize their findings and present them to the class
Discuss other primary sources to use in creating a more complete picture of historical and present U.S. immigration

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