Migration Across America: Mexican Migration & Labor Design an Infographic

Migration Across America: Mexican Migration & Labor Design a Community Contribution Infographic | Research + History Project | Grades 5–8

Help students explore the history and lasting impact of Mexican migration to the United States with an engaging, student-centered research project.
In this no-prep lesson, students investigate Mexican migration and labor while looking beyond the story of work alone. They examine how Mexican migrants and Mexican Americans have contributed to farms, railroads, construction, businesses, communities, leadership, and American culture.

Students use their research to create a Community Contribution Infographic highlighting the work, leaders, and cultural contributions of Mexican communities while considering how those contributions continue to shape the United States today.

Students Will Explore
- Mexican migration to the United States
- Work in agriculture, railroads, construction, and other industries
- The growth and development of communities
- Mexican American leaders and community contributions
- Businesses, education, and community institutions
- Food, language, music, art, traditions, and celebrations
- How individual contributions can create a wider community impact
- The lasting influence of Mexican migrants and Mexican Americans

What’s Included
- Teacher Directions
- Topic Overview & Mini Research Questions
- Group Activity Directions
- Student Research, Planning & Analysis Pages
- Color and Black & White Versions
- Community Contribution Infographic Project

Why Teachers Love It
✓ No prep — ready to use
✓ Combines history, research, visual literacy, and critical thinking
✓ Moves beyond a simple labor-history approach
✓ Helps students connect work, leadership, culture, and community
✓ Encourages students to turn research into meaningful visual communication
✓ Includes opportunities for deeper cause-and-effect thinking
✓ Builds research, collaboration, planning, and presentation skills
✓ Works well with groups, partners, or independent learners
✓ Easy to differentiate for a variety of learners and grade levels

Perfect For
- Grades 5–8
- U.S. History
- Immigration and migration units
- Mexican American history
- Labor history
- American culture and community studies
- Research projects
- Project-Based Learning
- History/ELA connections
- Enrichment or sub plans
- Homeschool instruction

Part of the Migration Across America Series
This resource is part of the Migration Across America series, which explores major movements of people throughout American history through engaging research and hands-on projects.
Across the series, students investigate why people moved, where they went, what they experienced, and how migration reshaped individuals, communities, and the United States.

Designed to Fit Your Classroom
Every classroom is different. Teachers are encouraged to adapt, modify, shorten, extend, or differentiate this resource to best meet the needs of their students, curriculum, available class time, and instructional goals.

Migration Across America: Mexican Migration & Labor — Design a Community Contribution Infographic helps students see migration as more than movement from one place to another. It is also a story of work, leadership, culture, community, and lasting contributions to American life.