Elevating Immigrant Stories: From Storytime to U.S. History

Join us for an engaging and interactive webinar that explores how to integrate immigrant stories into classroom instruction, from read-alouds for elementary students to deeper historical narratives in U.S. history for middle and high school students. Through expert presentations and hands-on activities, participants will discover free, classroom-ready resources that help students connect with diverse immigrant experiences.

This session is designed to support educators in fostering inclusivity, empathy and a richer understanding of immigration’s role in shaping our communities and nation. 

You’ll learn:

• Strategies for leveraging literature to empower children and promote belonging 
• Ways to incorporate immigration and immigrant stories into commonly taught U.S. history topics

This training is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.

This webinar is free of charge, but you must register to participate. It is designed for K-12 educators, administrators and anyone interested in supporting immigrant youth.

• Collective read-aloud of I’m An American and an interactive identity and beliefs activity
• Review of I’m Your Neighbor Books’ offerings for educators and librarians
• Activities from “Immigrant Women and the Industrial Revolution“