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Migration Information Source: Glossary of International Migration Terms
The resource consists of a basic overview of the vocabulary of international migration statistics and concepts.
PBS
Art:21: Migrating Viewpoints
Use this lesson 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 the work of...
Library of Congress
Loc: Migration During the Great Depression: Living History
Most people in Central Florida came from somewhere else. Young scholars first analyze life histories from American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 to learn oral history techniques. They then...
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The Global Flow of People
Investigate estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010. Click on a region to discover flows country-by-country.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: People on the Move
Examine the stories of individuals whose lives were shaped by the journeys they took. This exhibit shows the importance of mobility to American culture. Discover how transportation has helped people immigrate and migrate over the years.
University of Richmond
American Panorama: Foreign Born Population
The culture and politics of the US have always been profoundly shaped by the material and emotional ties many of its residents have had to the places where they were born. This interactive map enables users to explore the connections...
University of Minnesota
Univerity of Minnesota: Global Rem: Brain Drain: Healthcare Workers
This resource uses a map and newspaper articles to provide a broad overview of the contemporary 'brain drain' of healthcare workers. Its goal is to further understand the dynamics of contemporary migrations of healthcare workers and to...
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Transnational Social Networks: Historically & Today
This resource compares oral history and in-depth interviews from two different areas and periods of immigration to the United States. Its goal is to complicate notions of migration as a unidirectional and permanent activity.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Mass Exodus From the Plains
This site is from PBS.org explaining the migration of people out of the plains during the dust bowl. Use this article to learn all about the reasons people left and where they went.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: America on the Move [Pdf]
Discover how transportation has helped people immigrate and migrate over the years.
National Museums Liverpool
Liverpool Museums: Leaving From Liverpool
Narrative that follows a family's journey from Liverpool in 1858 as they emigrate to Australia. Help the family make decisions as they set sail, view sketches, and hear their personal stories.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Detainees
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the conditions that have caused some Zimbabweans to leave their homeland for Botswana.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Grapes of Wrath: Voices From the Great Depression
By examining primary sources, including songs, newspapers, interviews, and photographs of migrant farm workers in California during the Great Depression, young scholars create a scrapbook from the point of view of a migrant worker,...
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Wilson Middle School: The Impact of Tradition and Cultural Diffusion
Throughout history, people, products, and ideas have moved from one place to another. Read about which factors caused these movements within the Eastern Hemisphere. Study cards are included to help review the concepts covered.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Separated by History
Through personal accounts, photos, and videos this project documents the separation of families in Poland in the years 1939-1989.
USA Today
Minorities Make a Choice to Live With Their Own
Intriguing article explaining the trend illustrated through the 2000 Census information that minorities have broken segregation ties but still choose to live in areas with other members of their racial background.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Immigration: Projecting Maps, Making Representations
This resource compares four different world maps. The goals are to encourage critical thinking about maps as representations and to show how maps influence the ways in which one conceptualizes the world.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Development of New Trading Cities
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the development of new trading cities.
PBS
Africans in America: Fort Mose
This website from PBS describes how Fort Mose was established by runaway slaves in Spanish Florida. It also explains what happened to the inhabitants after Spain lost control of Florida.