Maine Historical Society, Cumberland County
2015
9-12
- Social Studies -- Civics & Government
- Social Studies -- History
7 days
- 1775-1850
- 1851-1920
- 1921-today
- Civics & Citizenship
- Community
- The People/Peopling of Maine
Learn about immigration in the United States using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.
- Students will be able to use primary sources to describe the ways in which the United States has historically been was and has not been a "land of opportunity" for immigrants.
- Students will practice the skills involved in analyzing primary sources.
- Students will learn how to and practice using evidence from primary sources to support a point view.
A resource developed by the Maine Historical Society with support from the Teaching with Primary Resources grant from the Library of Congress
