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Angel Island Immigration Station Gallery Walk

Students use these images to explore the concept of borders as social, economic, and political boundaries, as well as geographic ones.

Last Updated: January 13, 2023

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Language

English — US

Subject

History
Social Studies

Democracy & Civic Engagement
Human & Civil Rights
Global Migration & Immigration
Racism

The images in this gallery are taken by various photographers are used for a Gallery Walk teaching strategy.

Credit:

Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Deniseesser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Credit:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

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Exchange Associate, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Activity

Students explore the supporting question “How did the Angel Island Immigration Station both reflect and enforce borders within American society?”

Captain examines passengers aboard the The Shimyo Maru vessel.

Activity

Students explore the supporting question “How does the history of immigration through Angel Island help us understand how we create and challenge borders today?”

Assessment

Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the Angel Island Immigration Station by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.

Inquiry

This 5-7 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question “How does the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station help us understand how borders are erected, enforced, and challenged?”

Collection

Explore resources that meet the California History–Social Science Framework standards.

Four students sit in a circle in conversation. The student in the center speaks with their hands raised.

Collection

Explore resources that meet the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework.

Students working in groups in a classroom

Collection

Explore classroom resources for making connections between current events and your curriculum, including activities and discussion strategies for high school and middle school students.

A student speaks while another listens attentively.

Activity

Students explore the supporting question “How did border enforcement at the Angel Island Immigration Station impact immigrants and their descendants?”

Angel Island Immigration Station Graphic

Collection

Lead students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.

An educator points with a white board marker while speaking with students.

Lesson

Use this lesson to help students process how they are feeling about the devastating war in Ukraine, develop media literacy in what news they consume and how, and explore the mounting refugee crisis.

Ukrainian Refugees crossing a fallen bridge.

Mini-Lesson

Help students understand how the United States’ complex asylum process works. Invite them to consider the question, who has an obligation to asylum seekers?

Image for What Is Our Obligation To Asylum Seekers?.

Mini-Lesson

In this Mini-Lesson, students reflect on stories of migration and learn about migration from El Salvador to the United States as a means of exploring the underlying factors that drive migration.

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