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Pbs: The New Americans

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This site from PBS chronicles the miniseries coming in April of 2004 entitled "The New Americans." The site documents the new American immigrants: read stories of immigrants from Argentina, China, Mexico, Hungary, Taiwan, Russia, and more.

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emigration, chinese immigration

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immigrant experience, immigration stories, impact immigrate, pbs, hungarian immigrant, jose garcia, mexican immigrant, mexican immigrants, ricardo rodriguez, immigration to the united states, the new americans, impact of immigration
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9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Websites
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