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The Big Idea Activity

How do families long ago make a difference in our world today?

Make an Ancestor Puppet

  California Standard 2.1 Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday.

Additional Links

How to make a sock puppet.

This virtual historical library can provide background, primary sources, and visuals on a variety of topics.


Josefina Fierro de Bright

  California Standard 2.1.2 Compare and contrast their daily lives with those of their parents, grandparents, and/ or guardians.

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Teaching Tips

The Grade 2 curriculum on this Web page from the California Department of Education can be useful in connecting migrant farmworker history to Josefina Fierro de Bright.

Additional Links

For extensive information about Mexican Immigration


A Child on Angel Island

  California Standard 2.1 Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday.

Immigrant stamp

Teaching Tips

This Web site is a resource page for teachers that includes a curriculum guide about Angel Island.

Additional Links

This Web page provides a detailed history of the immigration station on Angel Island.

For information about the Asian countries from which many immigrants came, including simple visuals.