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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.

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.

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.