There are 232 million people living outside their country of birth. Learn about the reasons why people migrate from their home country and the impact, positive and negative, migration has on countries. Additionally, learn about illegal...

MIT provides and extensive list of reading and viewing materials in regard to the migration within the United States. Lecture notes and possible assignments included.

Enter a county or major city to see the inbound and outbound migration data. This map visualizes migration data from the years 2005-2010 that the IRS has collected. In order to preserve privacy, the IRS only includes moves that more than...

This interactive Geostory illustrates how animal tracking data helps us understand how individuals and populations move within local areas and migrate across oceans and continents.

Join the celebration by creating paper butterflies that will migrate to their counterparts in Mexico for the winter. Children in Mexico who live beside the monarch's winter sanctuaries send them north in the spring.

Explore the reasons people migrate to other towns, regions, or in some cases countries. This learning module investigates the economic pull for people along the Mexican border to cross into the United States.

A comprehensive overview of animal migration. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. Other features of the site include facts, links, games and activities,...

A detailed presentation illustrating the history of Africans migrating to the Americas from as early as 1500 through the late 1860's. Review the distribution of Africans in North and South America, the initial settlements, escaped and...

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Mormon migration.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Puerto Rican migration to the US.

Learn about the movement of people from one place to another with this informative look at migration. Discover the push and pull factors, migration into Europe, and the main types of migration.

Students address these questions through activities using oral history methods and investigating life in the 1930s. They compare the immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...

In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea. [4:09]

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...

This is an article on current migration trends from Mexico to the US. The article discusses the impact of legislation and economic crisis on migration.

Read all about monarch butterflies and their migrations. Find out what teachers, students, and families across America are saying and doing about monarch butterflies.

This web article, "The Political Importance of Diasporas," explains the meaning and origin of the word "Diasporas," then goes on to explore the different ways diasporas have political influence: through remittances sent to the home...

Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over bird migrations, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.

The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators to teach young people about migration and development. It presents contemporary migrants who tell why they left their home countries....

"Your life is history." So begins the page dedicated to the stories of people who have moved to England to make it their home. You can tell your story! You can also find help to begin to trace your roots at this site as well. What...

A report explaining the factors that cause a population to increase, as has been the case in Texas, why migration takes place and why it is important, and the contributions of immigrants to Texas. The focus is on population changes...

A collection of bird migration facts and links. Includes a reading list, a glossary, and links to teaching resources. While there are links to videos, they may no longer work.

A lesson where learners get a better understanding of where birds go in winter months by learning about migration. During this lesson, students will also explore life cycle of birds.