Lesson by Misha Matsumoto Yee
Essay by Jason O. Chang, University of Connecticut
Grade Level: 3–5
Number of Class Periods: 4
Primary Theme: Immigration and Migration
About This Lesson Plan Unit
The four lesson plans in this unit explore Asian migration to the United States in the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will examine immigration laws, graphs, and photographs, and personal stories. Their comprehension will be assessed through activity sheets, oral responses, and writing assignments.
Lesson Plan Author: Misha Matsumoto Yee
Historical Background Essay by: Jason O. Chang, University of Connecticut
Additional Information About This Unit
Common Core State Standards
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1 and RI.5.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2 and RI.5.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1D: Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.2: Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
How did laws about immigration affect Asians who wanted to come to America?
How has the population size (or national origin, or place of residence) of Asian Americans changed over time?
What opportunities did Asian Americans say immigration created for their families?
Documents
Documents
Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act)
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter Act)
Graph: “Asian Population in the US, 2000 to 2060”
Photograph of Senator Daniel K. Inouye, 2009
Daniel K. Inouye, Statement to the Oahu Conference on Immigrants and Refugees, Oahu, Hawai‘i, September 5, 1986
“Yong Vang Yang family on their first day in St. Paul, Minnesota,” June 20, 1979
Mao Heu Thao, “40 Years after Arrival Minnesota Hmong Tell Their Story,” (St. Paul, MN) Pioneer Press, October 28, 2015