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=Immigration Unit=

//Marcia Bernard, Librarian //
=Grade 4 =

Civics and Government
4. Give examples of the major rights that immigrants have acquired as citizens of the United States (e.g., the right to vote, and freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and petition). (C) 5. Give examples of the different ways immigrants can become citizens of the United States. (C)

Regions of the Unites States
4.15 Describe the diverse nature of the American people by identifying the distinctive contributions to American culture of: A. several indigenous peoples in different areas of the country (e.g., Navajo, Seminoles, Sioux, Hawaiians, and Inuits). B. African Americans, including an explanation of their early concentration in the South because of slavery and the Great Migration to northern cities in the 20th century, and recent African immigrant groups (e.g., Ethiopian) and where they tended to settle in large numbers. C. major European immigrant groups who have come to America, locating their countries of origin and where they tended to settle in large numbers (e.g., English, Germans, Italians, Scots, Irish, Jews, Poles, and Scandinavians). D. major Spanish-speaking (e.g., Cubans, Mexicans) and Asian (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) immigrant groups who have come to America in the 19th and 20th centuries, locating their countries of origin and where they tended to settle in large numbers. (H, G) 4.16 Identify major immigrant groups that live in Massachusetts and where they now live in large numbers (e.g., English, Irish, Italians, French Canadians, Armenians, Greeks, Portuguese, Haitians, and Vietnamese). (H, G) 

**Books**
Access the [|SES Library] Keywords: immigration, emigration, Ellis Island. Check out 305 and 973 for nonfiction books including two great series: //Primary sources of immigration and migration in America// from Powerkids Press, 2004 (973.) //Coming to America//, Blue Earth Books. 2002 (973.) //Immigrant Kids//, Russell Freedman, 1995. (301.43 FRE) Lots of good historical fiction, too: //Nory Ryan's Song// by Patricia Reilly Giff, 2000. (F GIF) //Ellis Island Days//, Ellen Weiss, 2002 (EC WEI) //Molly's Pilgrim//, Barbara Cohen, 1983 (EC COH) //When Jessie Came Across the Sea// by Amy Hest (EF HES)

Databases
 Use your public [|library card]to access the InfoTrac and Kids InfoBits databases.

Websites
__Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation []__ An interactive tour of Ellis Island __[]__ Relive a Boy's Journey __[]__ Images of Ellis Island [] Immigration Quiz []

**Videos**
A Virtual Voyage to Freedom http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2682d4712ece27487f84 Immigration Ellis Island 1911 [] Ellis Island Immigration Footage http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellis_Island_immigration_footage.ogg Great Irish Potato Famine [] Ellis Island-class simulation []

Other useful resources
Welcome to the United States [|A guide for new immigrants]from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration office

[|Civics Flashcards]for the Naturalization test (Could you pass the test?)

Ways to become a citizen:
 * Birth within the U.S.
 * Through birth abroad to two U.S. citizens
 * Through birth abroad to one U.S. citizen
 * Naturalization

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[|A Virtual Voyage to Freedom]What is happening in the ?======

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8. Participate in the [|Ellis Island simulation]and [|blog]about your experience.======