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Trans Pacific Project: Transpacific Migrations

For Students 9th - 10th
What an incredible resource that looks at Transpacific migrations peopling the Western Hemisphere, the Pacific islands, and the Chinese diaspora. Included is information about genetic research that traces DNA patterns across the world....
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Demographic Trends, Fertility, & Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource consists of graphs and articles that review general demographic changes and related national policies on migration. The goal is to provide information about general population trends, while encouraging a critical...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Migrations in History

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive site chronicles the migration of people throughout history. The migration of people, objects, ideas, and cultures are explored and the impact of such moves discussed.
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Perfect Sound Forever: The Migration of African Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the migration of African music throughout the world and its influence on other cultures. It also speaks of the types of instruments used and the way in which they express the moods and feelings of their players.
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University of Minnesota

U of Minnesota: Migration, Food, & Cultural Exchange: Mexico & the U. S.

For Students 9th - 10th
The following sources include a poem and newspaper article that deal with contemporary issues of migration and foods. Its goal is to examine food as an assertion of ethnic identity and as a site of cultural exchange and contest between...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Eli the Eel: A Mysterious Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
James Prosek tracks the life journey of Eli the Anguilla eel as she travels her mysterious "backward" migration from the sea to fresh water and back again. [4:39]
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Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Great Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this historical account of events that became known as the Great Migration, the movement of African Americans from the South to the North, and the effect this had on Chicago and other urban northern cities.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: History of Migration and Immigration Laws in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief history of the migration and immigration laws starting in 1790, with brief descriptions of each law. Includes court decisions.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Megan Asaka, "Unsettled City: Migration, Race, and Seattle"

For Students 9th - 10th
Megan Asaka's current book, "Unsettled City: Migration, Race, and the Making of Seattle's Urban Landscape," explores the role of mobile populations in shaping urban regions through a case study of late nineteenth and early...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Great Migration and New European Immigration

For Students 11th - 12th
What caused the influx of African Americans and European immigrants into urban centers in the late 19th century? Learn about some of the discriminatory and anti-immigrant laws that were enacted to restrict their rights. Includes a chart...
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The Global Flow of People

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: Removing the Mask

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: Removing the Mask. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Migration Policy Institute

Migration Policy Institute: Rising Child Migration to the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles about the number of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Migration Policy Institute

Migration Policy Institute: Immigration in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This country profile examines key legislative events that form the history of the U.S. immigration system, the size and attributes of the immigrant population in the country, the characteristics of legal and illegal immigration streams,...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Paleoindians and the Great Pleistocene Die Off

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses Paleoindian migration and animal extinction at the end of the Pleistocene era and explores what we can learn about conservation given what we know about Pleistocene climate and extinction.
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Geo Times: Quest for the Lost Land

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of a migration theory of Paleoindians that went down the west coast of North America. Read about food sources, the geology, and the research behind the theory.
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University of Florida

Underwater Archaeology, Paleoindian Origins and History

For Students 9th - 10th
The discovery of the Pre-Clovis Monte Verde campsite supports the Coastal Migration Theory. Article suggests that underwater archaeology method is key to finding other submerged Pre-Clovis campsites.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: In Praise of Love and Children

For Students 9th - 10th
"In Praise of Love and Children" by Beryl Gilroy is a novel that tells of the experiences of Caribbean migration and celebrates community. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher...
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to Andrea Levy's Small Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrea Levy's "Small Island" is a story of post-war Caribbean migration, narrated from four different perspectives. Hannah Lowe explores how the novel is intrinsically linked with Levy's own Caribbean ancestry, as well as how it has...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ethnic Minorities

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholastic gives a detailed and complete evaluation of ethnic minorities in relation to the United States. It explores migration patterns, demographics as well as minority identity and assimilation. Excellent and thorough investigation.
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University of California

Beringia Chronology: Prehistoric Beringia

For Students 9th - 10th
The last ice age exposed the ocean floor between Asia and North America for thousands of years. During this time, Nomadic tribes from Asia used the "land bridge" to migrate into North America.
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University of Minnesota

Univerisity of Minnesota: Immigration Syllabus: Weeks 3 6

For Students 11th - 12th
Syllabus for Week 3: Global Migrations, 1830-1930 Syllabus: Week 4: Historical Origins of Contemporary Nativism and Xenophobia. Syllabus: Week 5: Mass Migration and the Rise of Federal Immigration Law, and Week 6: The Closed Gate...
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Conner Prairie: Western Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This Conner Prairie Museum site explores the western immigration throughout the Midwest during the 1800s. Content details the incentives for migration, when it happened, the primary routes followed, and more.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Mosaic: Black History and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of a Library of Congress exhibit, covering information about black history, including colonization, abolition, migrations, and the WPA. It is multimedia and contains hundreds of primary source documents.

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