Teaching plan

Teaching scheme for young people

Find a story about someone who emigrated

Ask your family if anyone has ever lived in or emigrated to America, and if there are any photos, letters or artifacts of that person, as well as if anyone knows more about them.
If you get any names: you can find information about them at Relatives who went to the US? — Genus and Data ?

More detailed tasks on how to find the story of someone who emigrated, what tools can be useful, and which sources of information to use.

Interview someone in your family who knows of relatives who have immigrated to North America.
Make audio or possibly video recording, see recording tips here (no need to submit).

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Quiz

How many can you manage in 5 minutes: This will test your knowledge on the journey of the first group of Norwegian settlers in America

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Rebus

How many of the symbols do you manage to attach a meaning or explanation to, in connection with the voyage of the emigrant ship Restaration in 1825?

A great deal of the answers will be found on the History subpage with the link to the article by Gunleif Seldal.

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The educational program “EMIGRANTS”

Developed by Drama and Theatre Educators.Teaching resource The Emigrants for grades 5th-8th allows pupils to explore the topic of emigration by living into a Norwegian family's journey to America in the 19th century. Through dramatic activities such as role-playing, writing and oral presentations, students develop skills in both written and oral communication while reflecting on immigration and emigration. Current subjects: Norwegian and social studies.

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Acting

Theatre and acting subjects in universities, colleges or high schools (Music, dance and drama):

Script for the play: Cleng Peerson: Emigration — Alfred Hauge

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Graphic Design

Cases for teaching in college or upper secondary school (field of study media and communication):

1. Crossings200 (common to North America and Norway)

Visual profile for the commemoration of 200 years since the start of the great Norwegian emigration to North America. Which during the 200th anniversary in 2025 will be used in both Norway and North America.
See e.g. https://utvandrermuseet.no/2025/visuell-profil
Incl. the design/profile manual “Crossing 200 Styleguide” (which can be downloaded or viewed in Dropbox).

Developed in collaboration with design agency REPLACE in Minneapolis.

See also the United States website for the 200th anniversary: https://crossings.norwegianamerican.com/

2. Graphic profile Restauration Venneforening,
(Prepared free of charge by our partner Kai Hansen US).

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Multidisciplinary collection of tasks for the film “The Emigrants”

Based on the movie “The Emigrants”.
For schools (relating to curriculum objectives in various subjects 8-10 grades and high school), confirmands and others
See:
---- film study sheet with interdisciplinary teaching plan on emigration from Norway to North America.
Prepared by the Norwegian Film Institute. Author: Jannicke Eriksen. Distributor “The Emigrants”: SF Norge, Director: Erik Poppe.

Watch the trailer and find more information at FILMRÅMEN. (Where one may also find other “Articles and Educational Schemes” for other films.)
Image gallery etc. on Filmweb.
Film review and review at NRKP3 Filmpolitie.

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Background and supplementary material to the interdisciplinary thesis collection on “The Emigrants”

Emigration from Norway and its relevance to present-day issues:

• Dagsrevyen NRK TV: New edition “THE EMIGRANTS”.
  About a couple who in the mid-1800s fled to another continent to save the lives of their children. As is our history in Norway, which began almost 200 years ago — and the world as we see it today with the refugees who arrive.
• If, inter alia, the great exodus with millions of Scandinavians in our near past. Guests: Erik Poppe and main cast member Lisa Carlehed in NRK Radio P1 Nitimen. _{(Click > symbol by”Friday 02.09.2022 1 h 51 min”.)}
• It's About Refugees Today, interview in Variety with director Erik Poppe.
• Poppe's new expat film is also about immigration — “THE EMIGRANTS” about immigration (Stavanger Aftenblad).

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History or teacher education

Learning assignment with project description

For use on universities and colleges with teacher education or in the field of e.g. history

— Brief Explanation about the background, framework, organization of the project and experiences, from the University of Stavanger.

— Example project description template which is provided at the start of the project.

— Example of assessment criteria.

From the University of Stavanger — UIS.

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Press reviews of the learning mission

Article on the University of Stavanger's website about the project:
Teacher students get to feel the history of emigration personally.

Press coverage in American newspaper of teaching schemes created and carried out by students for several 7th classes on board the emigrant ship Restauration.

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Practical and concrete teaching scheme — example assignment answer

An example of student assignment responses.In the form of a practical and Ready for use by teachers:— description of teaching schemes for secondary school students in Social Studies 7th grade incl. quiz:Children and migration from Norway to America 1825-1925Journey to America (Including concrete teaching schemes p 21-29.)

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Use of museums, libraries and archives

See useful tips and recommended links on the national website for the 200-year expatriate anniversary Crossings200.

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Literature for subjects such as Norwegian, history, social studies, etc.

Reading tips about the emigration to America and a brief description about each book, the website of Sølvberget Library and Kulturhus. ( pdf).

(Some of the books can also be read digitally. Among others, Alfred Hauge's romance triology about Cleng Peerson: Anchor mount, Dog Guard, Land recognition.)

Other books on emigration: see under the menu item Links on our website and Heading Literature. (More can be read digitally — digibok, at National Library website.

Where also can search the bibliography on Norwegian-American topics among 9500 references to books, articles in journals and newspapers in the period from 1825.)

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Feel free to see also: https://utvandrermuseet.no/2025/nettverk

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