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History of International Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
Migration from country to city forms a part of this, a detailed outline describing key points of international migration during the 1800s including the causes of, the reaction, and consequences.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Human Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of human migration.
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Migration Information Source: Glossary of International Migration Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource consists of a basic overview of the vocabulary of international migration statistics and concepts.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The Making of African American Identity: Vol. Ii, 1865 1917: Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Congressional testimony and a letter that explore late nineteenth-century black migration from the South. Links to both resources are provided within this site.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Animal Migrations

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Animal Migrations. How animals travel for miles across the land, air, and sea for the changing seasons.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: American Robin: Spring Fever

For Students 5th - 8th
Here's an experiment to test the hypothesis about the migration of the American robin. Is the arrival of the robin in a certain area predicated on a certain temperature? The process and resources you'll need to test the hypothesis are on...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Leaving, but Staying

For Students 9th - 10th
Accounts of African American migrations from the rural South to Southern cities. This resource provides not just accounts of the Great Migration focusing on the flight from the South to the North, but also the migration within the South...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Plant and Animal Changes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will learn about animal adaptation, hibernation, and migration.
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Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple: How Do Animals Spend the Winter?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.
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NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Tired Travelers

For Students 3rd - 7th
Using actual NASA radar, students discover how bird migration works.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...
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Anabaptists: The Germans Come to North America

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains what brought various German religious groups to America.
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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: African American Settlers

For Students 9th - 10th
This presents an overview of African Americans moving and settling in the West.
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PBS

News Hour: Mexicans React to Immigration Crisis in u.s. (2006)

For Students 9th - 10th
Fascinating look at the Mexican viewpoint of the immigration debate in the United States. Transcript, audio, and video of this July, 2006, report available.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Immigrants/immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around immigrants and immigration. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Caribou

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The focus of this NatureWorks resource is the Caribou. The content includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior.
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PBS

The First Measured Century: Measurements and Myths of the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating transcript from a PBS special about numbers in the 20th century focuses on people and how they were affected by the Great Depression in terms of employment, agriculture, and even marriage rates. Be sure to click on the...
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PBS

Pbs Critter Guide: Butterfly

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you name the four parts of the life cycle of the butterfly? This site features a brief but detailed description of the life cycle of a butterfly and some other fun facts about this interesting insect.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke": Student Web Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will work online using the Coca Cola Company Web site to learn about global economics. They will find the regions where Coca-Cola Company operations take place, and what economic conditions have a negative impact on sales. They...
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evolution at Different Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
Macroevolution and microevolution are defined, along with mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection, which are "established mechanisms of evolutionary change."
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Mule Deer

For Students 4th - 8th
Mule Deer live in a broad range of habitats - forests, deserts, and brushlands. Mountain populations migrate to higher elevation in warmer months, looking for nutrient-rich new-grown grasses, twigs, and shrubs. Learn more about the...
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Townsend's Big Eared Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on Townsend's Big-Eared Bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Big Brown Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on the big brown bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.

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