Campus Units
Education, School of
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-2015
Journal or Book Title
Social Studies and the Young Learner
Volume
27
Issue
3
First Page
22
Last Page
25
Abstract
When immigration is taught in schools, students usually learn about Ellis Island and Europeans arriving in the Northeast. Less often do they learn about immigrants from other continents, so, when I was asked by the local school district to develop a series of lessons for the first through fifth grades that would be used during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, I decided to teach students about Angel Island. The lesson described here was taught in a combined (grade three and four) classroom and focused on the movement of Asians—the Chinese in particular—to America via the immigration station at Angel Island. A previous lesson introduced students to the diversity of Asian and Pacific Island nations and cultures; later lessons were about Asian immigrants’ past, and their recent contributions to farming and food industries in the United States.
Copyright Owner
National Council for the Social Studies
Copyright Date
2015
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez, Noreen N., "Teaching about Angel Island through Historical Empathy and Poetry" (2015). Education Publications. 160.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/edu_pubs/160
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Chinese Studies Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Higher Education Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons
Comments
This article is published as Rodríguez, N. N. (2015). Teaching Angel Island through historical empathy and poetry. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 27(3), 22-25. Posted with permission.