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For educators at all levels, from kindergarten through adult students, this Educator Resource Hub from The ILC Public Education Institute offers a carefully curated collection of resources to help you support your foreign-born students and educate all students about U.S. immigration.

You can browse or search by grade level and keywords. Whether you are teaching about immigration or creating a welcoming environment for your immigrant students and their families, the topics below have you covered.

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1. Teaching Immigration Lessons and Resources

Lesson plans, curricular units and resources to help you incorporate immigration into your existing curriculum.

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2. Immigrants & America 250

Resources for educators who want to tie in the history and legacy of immigration in the early days of the United States with America’s 250th birthday celebrations.

View Immigrants & America 250 Resources

3. ESOL/EL/ML Resources

Lessons, webinars, blogs and more for teachers of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), English learner (EL) and multilingual learner (ML) students.

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4. USCIS Citizenship Application, Practice Test and Interview Resources

Resources to help prepare for the USCIS Citizenship application, practice test and interview.

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5. Immigrant and Immigration Stories

Videos and written accounts by immigrants past and present, strategies for eliciting stories from your students, and opportunities to share your story with others.

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6. Immigrant Trauma and Mental Health

Articles, videos and other resources to help address immigrant trauma, stress and mental health.

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7. Diversity and Culturally Responsive Teaching

Resources to help you develop and maintain a culturally responsive, asset-based teaching practice.

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8. Family and Parental Engagement

Resources to create asset-based, authentic partnerships with your immigrant students’ parents and families.

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9. U.S. Immigration Data and Policy

Up-to-date fact sheets, data hubs, explainers for students and more featuring immigration data and policy.

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10. Teaching Refugee, Unaccompanied Minor and SLIFE Students

Resources to recognize the challenges and support the strengths of refugees, unaccompanied minors and students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE) in the classroom.

View Refugees and Unccompanied Minors Resources

11. Resources for Undocumented and DACA Students

Information about undocumented students’ rights, emergency planning guides, lists of scholarships and guides for teachers.

View Undocumented Resources

12. Know Your Rights Resources for Educators

Curated collection of “Know Your Rights” websites, toolkits, videos and more.

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Teaching Immigration Lesson Plans and Resources

10 Foreign-Born Patriots of the American Revolution

These foreign-born patriots might not have been born in what would soon be the United States, but they were key…
handout high school middle school article/report social studies
From: The Immigrant Learning Center
U.S. Citizenship Resources

Study Table for the Civics Portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test (2025)

Study guide for multilingual learners who applied on or after October 20, 2025, on all 128 of the possible civics…
general audience handout adult and higher education
From: The Immigrant Learning Center
Teaching Immigration Lesson Plans and Resources

Essay: Chinese Immigrant Women, Activism and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

This essay delves into the rise of Chinese immigrants in 20th century labor movements, particularly in the garment industry.
high school middle school article/report social studies social justice and civics
Teaching Immigration Lesson Plans and Resources

Teaching U.S. Immigration Series

Lesson plans and resources to incorporate immigration and immigrant stories into commonly taught U.S. history topics.
lesson plan high school middle school social studies
Immigrants & America 250

Immigration and the American Revolution lesson bundle

This free lesson bundle features primary sources, activity instructions and more tools for teaching immigration during the United States' early…
lesson plan high school middle school social studies
From: The Immigrant Learning Center
Teaching Immigration Lesson Plans and Resources

Essay: United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike

This essay from "Justice in the Fields: Immigrant and the Labor Movement of the 1960s and 1970s" discusses the Delano…
high school middle school article/report social studies social justice and civics
Immigrants & America 250

Immigration in New York State, 1650-1950: Immigrants Move Inland

Essay and primary sources from the New York Heritage digital collection about immigrants in New York in the late 1700s.
general audience article/report social studies
From: New York Heritage
Immigrants & America 250

1754-1800: Immigration to and Migration within America

Essays and primary sources about immigration to and migration within America between 1754 and 1800.
website lesson plan high school social studies
From: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Immigrants & America 250

Foreign Fighters for the American Cause of Independence

This short article highlights key foreign-born American Revolution fighters, including Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben and others.
general audience article/report social studies
From: American Battlefield Trust
Immigrants & America 250

Foreign-Born Patriots of the American Revolution

Short bios of five key foreign-born patriots of the American Revolution
high school middle school article/report social studies
From: America's National Parks
Immigrants & America 250

The Immigrant Revolution: Rhenish and Scots-Irish Colonists, Westward Expansion, and the Remaking of British North America, 1740-1775

Dissertation arguing that immigrants radically reshaped British North America in the late-colonial period before the American Revolution.
general audience article/report social studies
From: Daniel M. Crown, Boston College
Immigrants & America 250

Spanish Influence on the American Revolution

Free suite of resources to explore Spain’s strategic contributions to the American Revolution through primary sources, videos, scholarly essays, lesson…
video lesson plan high school middle school article/report
From: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Immigrants & America 250

Louisiana’s Hidden History: Spanish Louisiana in the American Revolution

Videos and lessons that explore how Spanish Louisiana supported the American Patriots in their fight for independence.
video website lesson plan elementary school middle school social studies
From: PBS LearningMedia
Immigrants & America 250

‘People of the Revolution’ Mini Lesson Plan

A mini lesson plan that introduces the diverse peoples living in British North America as the Revolution unfolded.
website lesson plan high school middle school social studies
From: Museum of the American Revolution
Immigrants & America 250

Irish Claims to the Revolution

Essay from the National Park Service about Irish immigrants advocating to be included in centennial celebrations in the 1870s.
general audience article/report social studies
From: National Park Service
Know Your Rights

MA Rapid Response Guide for Educators of Immigrant-Origin Students

Guide created in collaboration with The ILC, Re-Imagining Migration and other experts with actions Massachusetts schools can take to create…
general audience early childhood elementary school high school middle school toolkit families
From: Test Publication Name
Know Your Rights

Family Preparedness Plan Packet

A packet from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) that breaks down how immigrants can create a family preparedness plan.…
general audience toolkit families
Know Your Rights

Know Your Rights FAQ from CUNY-IIE

An FAQ from CUNY's Initiative on Immigration and Education (IIE) for students, families and educators that answers commonly asked questions…
general audience website adult and higher education early childhood elementary school high school middle school community organization
Know Your Rights

Guidance on Immigration Issues Impacting Higher Education

Guidance from the National Education Association (NEA) on immigration issues that would specifically impact students in higher education
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Know Your Rights

Guidance on Immigration Issues from NEA

Guidance and FAQs from the National Education Association (NEA) on topics like immigration enforcement at schools, how to adapt safe…
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