Library of Congress Resources:

Lesson - Grandparent-Elder Project - Unit II – Interviewing a Grandparent/Elder - Unit II of the Grandparent/Elder Research Project teaches techniques for interviewing. Students learn how to conduct an interview and extract information from an oral history.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/grand/unit2.html

Lesson - Immigration/Migration - (Grade 11) Students compare the immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great Depression.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/migrate/intro.html

Lesson - Learning About Immigration Through Oral History - (Grades 9-12) Students gain an understanding of how to identify and interpret primary historical sources, specifically oral histories.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/oh1/ammem.html

Online Booklet - Folklife and Fieldwork: A Layman’s Introduction to Field Techniques – A booklet from the American Folklife Center featuring tips and techniques for collecting and conserving oral histories.
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/fieldwk.html

Online Booklet - A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms - This booklet from the American Folklife Center is written specifically for educators.
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/teachers.html

Library of Congress Project from The American Folklife Center- Veterans History – Project Kit - The project kit includes guidelines for oral history interviewing, including links to project forms (could be adapted to immigration topic.)
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/kit.html

Poster - Explore Your Community: A Community Heritage Poster for the Classroom - The American Folklife Center designed this poster to encourage middle school and high school students to learn more about their own communities through documentation projects.
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/poster/

Outside Resources:

PBS Kids: Learning Adventures in Citizenship (Printed)
Episode 4: The Power and the People – visit New York at the turn of the century in this episode. (In the late 19th century, a new wave of immigrants was arriving on America's doorstep, New York Harbor. They came from Southern and Eastern Europe -- Italy, Russia, Poland, the Ukraine, etc. -- and many settled in New York City. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode4/e4_mm.html

The Melting Pot – A activity based on Episode 4 - In this activity, you will have the chance to explore this two-sided story. You can explore one side or the other, or both. To study how America changes immigrants, you will be interviewing an immigrant family; to study how immigrants change America, you will be conducting a census--or survey--of your community.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode4/activity4/activity4.html
Link to Teacher’s Lesson Plan
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/lessons/e4_t4-lp.html

PBS: The New Americans (Printed – this series begins in 2004)
This site offers an online educational experience for 7th-12th grade students. The site supplements the upcoming documentary mini-series, which explores the immigrant experience through the personal stories of immigrants to the United States.
http://www.pbs.org/newamericans/index.html