Curated OER
Modern Day Pilgrims
Young scholars examine the similarities and differences between modern day immigrants and pilgrims. They listen to stories, discuss their ancestors' origins, and create a native costume for a paper doll for where their ancestor is from.
Stanford University
Stanford Center for Latin American Studies: Expressions of Honduras
The Stanford Center for Latin American Studies provides information, multimedia resources, and activities relating to the art and history of the Garinagu, or Garifuna, people of Honduras.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Columbian Exchange
[Free Registration/Login Required] The story of the Columbian exchange is a story of two worlds colliding. The Europeans brought horses and wheat, they also brought germs. Here's a synopsis of the effects of that fateful encounter.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Columbian Exchange
A page on the elements of the Exchange that made the most significant impact. Clicking on the item brings up a page of explanation.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The New Americans (Lessons on the Immigrant Experience)
Find eleven lesson plans developed in conjunction with the PBS documentary "The New Americans," which explores what it means to be a new Americans in the twenty-first century. Lessons touch on topics associated with recently arrived...