poems about immigrants

Descended from Native Americans and Central Europeans, Joseph Bruchac writes about "Ellis Island." Phillis Wheatley was taught to read and write by her masters and shared her thoughts "On Being Brought from Africa to America." Born in New York to Russian immigrants, David Ignatow compares his father's experiences to his own in "Europe and America."

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Cause Greater Than Self, The New Colossus, The Statue of Liberty Address, poems about America, America, America and I, What Is an American, Growing Up Asian in America, Let America Be America Again, The Four Freedoms, The Bill of Rights, What Is Freedom, Is the American Dream Still Possible, The Declaration of Independence, poems about immigrants, Money, A Raisin in the Sun, Who Burns, Roberto Acuna, Barack Obama, The Right to Fail