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Smithsonian Education: United States Mexico Borderlands HandoutSmithsonian Education: United States Mexico Borderlands Handout
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Smithsonian Institution
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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1340L
Handout

Smithsonian Education: United States Mexico Borderlands

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This is a great site that talks about changes in the U.S.-Mexico border. It also discusses the meaning of the border, the people that live there, and border regions. Click "next" at the bottom of the page for more information on the border area.

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Concepts

corridos, immigration

Additional Tags

border, cultural identity, maquiladora, mexicanos, passage to the north, rio bravo, rio grande, smithsonian education: united states-mexico borderlands, mexican american border

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  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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Instructional Video

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Lesson Plan

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