Ellis Island Era Immigration
Current Events & Pop Culture
Available to teachers only as part of the Teaching Immigration: Era of Restriction Teacher Pass
Teaching Immigration: Era of Restriction Teacher Pass includes:
- Assignments & Activities
- Reading Quizzes
- Current Events & Pop Culture articles
- Discussion & Essay Questions
- Challenges & Opportunities
- Related Readings in Literature & History
Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
New York's Lower East Side Tenement Museum educates about the American immigrant experience through exhibits designed around the lives of individual immigrant families. The excellent museum website includes a digital tour of a tenement as well as lesson plans centered on physical objects and other primary source materials compiled for students at the elementary, middle and high school level. The site additionally hosts online activities such as making your own flag and folk song that aim to spark discussion about national identity and assimilation.