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Lessons

Introductory Lesson
Lesson 1: Identifying Commonly Held Assumptions
Lesson 2: Historical Perspective
Lesson 3: Overview of United States' Immigration Policy
Lesson 4: Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based Immigration
Lesson 5: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Lesson 6: Undocumented / Illegal Immigration

Lesson 7: The Impact of Immigration
Lesson 8: Assessing the Validity of Commonly Held Assumptions
Lesson 9: An Immigration Dialogue
Lesson 10: An Immigration Project
Lesson 11: Emerging Immigration Issues: Focus on Minnesota
Refugee Lessons

About the Energy of a Nation Curriculum
The Energy of a Nation curriculum is a comprehensive teaching guide about immigration. It is suitable for learners from 8th Grade - Adult.

Download PDF of Energy of a Nation Curriculum
Energy of a Nation is a comprehensive curriculum to teach about immigration. The full 185 page guide can be downloaded here. An expanded and interactive version is available on this website.

General Tricks and Tips
Additional suggestions for effective use of the curriculum.

Introductory Lesson
Begin a unit on immigration with your choice of attention getters, activities and a powerpoint presentation that will introduce helpful vocabulary, motives for immigration and explain the process to immigrate to the U.S.