By participating in this lesson students will come to understand their backgrounds and the concept of immigration. By discovering that everyone is different in some way, students feel that they are allowed to begin to pose questions about why. Here is an opportunity for you to get a glimpse of Ellis Island, past and present. By participating in this project, students will learn about people who have come to our country through first-person stories and gain an understanding of their experiences. Students read the U.S. Oath of Allegiance and answer questions.
Students find out their ethnic origins and discuss the many places from which they originate.
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