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Migration Policy Institute

Migration Policy Institute: Country Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
A catalogue of the migration experience that looks at the diverse flows of immigrants around the world. Visitors can click on the profiles of individual countries to access brief summaries of vital data, immigration policies, history,...
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Institute of Texan Cultures: Educator Resources: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich plethora of information can be found here. There are three extensive teaching guides - one on the experience of immigration, the other two on collections of cultural groups. There are also short profiles of dozens of immigrant...
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Cultural Orientation Training for Life in the u.s.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provides links to resources regarding refugee cultural orientation into the United States. Guidebooks, culture profiles, resettlement programs, refugee FAQs, and more.
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PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Colonial Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students research the people who were involved in early Spanish missions, and the...
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PBS

Art:21: Migrating Viewpoints

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this instructional activity to take a closer look at what the visual arts can tell us about the emotional effects of migration, both voluntary and involuntary. Lesson includes sample video excerpts from the broadcast, slideshows of...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Millertown 1900 Men Horses Oxen Steam

For Students 9th - 10th
The founding and development of Millertown in central Newfoundland is profiled. One man's vision created this logging town in the wilderness. Archival photographs and documents are included
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Kirkland Lake: A Jewish History

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the once thriving Jewish community in the mining town of Kirkland Lake is profiled. Eventually the synagogues and businesses declined leaving only the people's stories and archival materials of the time.
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New York Times

New York Times: Diversity in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Gauge the impact of immigration on the classroom by viewing changes in the demographic profiles of thousands of school districts and all fifty states, as a whole. Data from 1993-2006.