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Seeking a New Life

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore illegal international immigration, and explore the ways in which immigration impacts a host country.
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Dust Bowl Exodus: How Drought and the Depression Took Their Toll

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the migration of refugees. For this California history lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of how the Dust Bowl and Great Depression led to a California population...
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World Food Day

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students view slides of people without food and discuss how to fight hunger and what it means to be food secure. In this hunger lesson plan, students draw pictures based on the slides they see.
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Esperanza Rising- Metacognition

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders develop metacognitive skills while reading Esperanza Rising. In this comprehension strategies lesson, 6th graders read a chapter from the book and discuss questions with a small group. Students share with their peers. 
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Open Cities: Migration

For Students 10th
In this open cities: migration worksheet, 10th graders identify European cities on a map and from photographs, answer 13 questions about the cities, complete 5 sentences and write 7 examples of urban growth.
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Global Migration Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain immigration to the United States and identify major international migration streams. They evaluate the impact of migration on U.S. population and explain the impact of major refugee movements on both source and host...
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How the Great Depression Affected California and C¿¿sar E. Ch¿¿vez

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the effect of the Great Depression on California. After reading a summary, they discover how the depression and Dust Bowl led to the immigration of great numbers of farm workers into California. They also...
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Going to the Promised Land (Dust Bowl Migration)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Dust Bowl migration. In this Great Depression lesson, students research primary sources regarding migration issues in the United States during the Great Depression. Students discuss their research findings and impressions.
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Puerto Rican Migration Historical Fiction Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the experience of Puerto Rican immigrants to America. In this immigration instructional activity, students research the challenges that Puerto Rican immigrants faced and then write historical fiction selections that...
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U.S. Archaeological Sites: Geography Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this archaeological sites worksheet, students read about sites in the Unites States and use a map to complete a set of 7 short answer questions. 
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Parallel Studies of the Afro-American and Puerto Rican Experience in America

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare/contrast the Afro-American and Puerto Rican experience as they migrated and assimilated in the U.S. They research and discuss the reasons for migration and the historical significance of economic autonomy and oppression.
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The Cultural Geography of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use information from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Web site to explore multiculturalism and immigration in Australia. They create graphs and charts from immigration data.
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Wetland Adaptation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a simulation to investigate the impact of the wetland environment on the migration of birds. They discuss the patterns of migration they took and why they avoided certain wetlands.
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Weather, Migrations, and Plants

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars research the effects of day-to-day weather on animal migrations, plant growth and other seasonal events. They consult maps, observe and record local conditions, keep journals and use their collected data check hypotheses.
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People On The Move

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students describe patterns of internal migration in the United States, past and present and evaluate implications of internal migration. They examine population movement at the state and local levels.
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The Roar of the Twenties; The Crash of the Thirties

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after assuming identities of prominent figures from the 1920's and looking at slides and data from the era, relate, in diary form, the cultural, economic and political changes that happened in America between 1920 and 1939.
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The Ku Klux Klan In Indiana: 1920-1930

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the role of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana from 1920-1930. They read an informational handout, define key vocabulary terms, conduct an interview with a parent or grandparent, write a family history, and role-play a scenario.
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Home of the Brave

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use various types of people and the special places they each call home. They discover houses, like the world, are always changing. Students start out by brainstorming what was the one thing that made a house a home. They were...
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Documents of Natural Rights: The Declaration of Independence and The Plan of Delano

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze the philosophy of government in the Declaration of Independence. As a class, they discuss how this philosophy has caused other revolutions in history and how well it supports our natural rights. In groups, they...
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Pieces of the World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students locate Australia in relation to rest of world, read poem Pieces of the World by Mervyn James, explore kinds of journeys that Australians have made, and examine their effects - the emotions, the realities and the practicalities.
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V-R-A-N-T-S-I-S and Me

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discuss themes and issues of culture, identity and self-esteem. They construct responses to those themes. Students profile themselves and try to answer questions about themselves tied to the themes of this lesson.
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Prevent Child Abuse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research documents and photographs by Lewis Hine on child labor. They examine documents and summarize them. Students complete several photograph analysis worksheets. Their research and documents begin after the Civil War.
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Introduction to African Culture Through Music & Dance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore various elements in West African Culture through the medium of a traditional music and dance from Ghana. They take an imaginary tour of a village dance-drumming event in West Africa.
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Wetland Adaptation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the impact of the wetland environment on the migration of birds. They make a list of the important reasons on a large piece of paper to be posted in the classroom and point out the biggest wetland in the state (The...

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