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US National Archives

Our Documents: Executive Order: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the background behind this order that moved people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers in 1942. Provides a link to an image of the original document and a copy of the text.
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PBS

Pbs: Destination America

For Students 9th - 10th
Why did they come? When did they come? Find out the answers and learn much about immigration to America that has been going on for generations.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: World Flags

For Students 6th - 8th
Enchanted Learning features this website devoted to the study of the world's flags. There are fact sheets, illustrations, current and historical flags, and related links.
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Other

Cyark: Angel Island Immigration Station

For Students 9th - 10th
From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island Immigration Center in California functioned as a detention center for people immigrating to the United States through the West Coast. You can learn about this National Historic Landmark here through an...
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Nutrition and Healthy Eating: Food Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated explanation of different types of pyramid-shaped healthy-eating plans.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Salem, Massachusetts. America's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and...
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Other

The New Orleans Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The New Orleans Museum of Art features Faberge jewels and Louisiana art and decorative arts, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, and African art, along with paintings and photographs from Europe and America. Click on the highlights of the...
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Black Past

Black Past: Woods, Eldrick "Tiger"

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief encyclopedia article about the accomplishments of golfer Tiger Woods.
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Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: The Immigrant Experience: Down the Rabbit Hole

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a series of six activities, students read about, connect to, and draw conclusions about the immigrant experience, via personal experience and a collection of resources, including Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," oral...
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Other

Usc Center for Global Education: World Wide Colleges

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site provides links to universities around the world and explanation of the educational systems and standards of some of the countries. Links to many of the web sites are in the native language.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Interviews With Today's Immigrants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site, part of a larger lesson plan about immigration from the Library of Congress, provides interviews that students had with immigrants from around the world.
Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Coolie Trade in the 19th Century

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource consists of historical documents about Chinese coolies imported to Cuba during the 19th century. Its goal is to highlight the human experience during the coolie trade and to encourage critical thinking about how the coolie...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: General Demographics

For Students 9th - 10th
The most dramatic change in North Carolina's demographic history post-colonization has been the rapid change in its ethnic composition. For many decades the state has been characterized by a population that was dominated by whites and a...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Tiger Woods

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Tiger Woods, an American golfer who enjoyed one of the greatest amateur careers in the history of the game and became a dominant player on the professional circuit in the late 1990s. In...
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Channel 4 Learning

4 Learning: Geography Essentials, a Village Overseas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Overseas villages compared to the life with running water, cars, and schools.

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