In this lesson, students learn about various aspects of Japanese Internment through a rotating stations activity where they examine various artifacts related to the period. The lesson culminates with students assuming the role of a Supreme Court Justice and deciding the constitutionality of Japanese internment.

In this game, students are assigned different immigrant identities and advance based on their access to economic opportunity and religious, political, and social liberties at different times in U.S. history.

A chapter from The American Yawp open source history textbook focusing on, "Life in Industrial America."

This remix uses primary sources from the Digital Public Library of America's set, "Immigration and Americanization, 1880-1930", to have students understand the immigration experiences of the past and compare these to the current immigration situation in the United States.  Drawing inspiration from the DPLA's teaching guide, students will demonstrate their understanding of the current immigration situation by creating and performing a play.

In this lesson, students review the history of providing and/or denying asylum to refugees seeking to enter the United States. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students adopt the role of the Board of Immigration Appeals and work collaboratively to review a case study to decide whether the involved individual qualifies for asylum.

In this lesson, students review the history of immigration quotas in the United States and the issue of how to assist Jewish refugees in the time of WWII. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students role play a meeting between President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet where they will review 5 proposals concerning the issue of aid to Jews during the war.

In this activity, students study a political cartoon and answer a series of questions. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

In this activity students analyze a Chinese-English phrasebook from the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Students match phrases from the textbook to specific historical understandings, write their own historical understanding, and then generate possible phrases for immigrants to the United States today.

This interactive timeline highlights the stories of the women of Vance Birthplace in the mountains of North Carolina. From prehistory to the twentieth century, students can explore each woman's experience of life in the Reems Creek Valley through videos, primary and secondary sources, and graphics.