Supporting Question 1: The History of the Angel Island Immigration Station
Students explore the supporting question “How did the Angel Island Immigration Station both reflect and enforce borders within American society?”
Supporting Question 2: The Impacts of Detention on Immigrants and Their Descendants
Students explore the supporting question “How did border enforcement at the Angel Island Immigration Station impact immigrants and their descendants?”
Supporting Question 3: Navigating the Borders of National Belonging
Students explore the supporting question “How does the history of immigration through Angel Island help us understand how we create and challenge borders today?”
Summative Performance Task & Taking Informed Action
Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the Angel Island Immigration Station by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.
Civic Self-Portrait
Students reflect on the meaning of civic participation and create a self-portrait that helps them visualize the elements of being a civic agent.
Agency and Action in the World Today
This handout helps students reflect on an example of individual or collective agency in the world today that inspires them.
Agency and Action in the World Today (En Español)
In Spanish, this handout helps students reflect on an example of individual or collective agency in the world today that inspires them.
Analyzing Actions and Outcomes
This handout helps students analyze a character's decision-making process in a scene and discuss as a group.
Analyzing Actions and Outcomes (en español)
In Spanish, this handout helps students analyze a character's decision-making process in a scene and discuss as a group.
Perspectives on Power: Big Paper Quotations
Students use this handout to reflect on five different perspectives about power and consider the ways in which each one confirms, challenges, or changes their initial thinking about the concept.
Perspectives on Power: Big Paper Quotations (en español)
In Spanish, students use this handout to reflect on five different perspectives about power and consider the ways in which each one confirms, challenges, or changes their initial thinking about the concept.