European Immigrant Origin

PBS’s Chinese Exclusion Act (chapter 1)

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Use this short excerpt from PBS's Chinese Exclusion as part of…
This black and white image of Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island can be used in a lesson plan on the history of immigration to the United States.

Immigrant Students Are Internalizing Stereotypes. Educators Can Help

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Did you see our commentary Immigrant Students Are Internalizing…
Moving Stories

A lesson in civility: The negativity immigrant students hear

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A survey of immigrant children in the U.S. revealed just how…

Classroom Resource: Facundo the Great

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Discussions about names can provide opportunities to build community,…

Educator Spotlight: Carola Suárez Orozco

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Culturally Responsive Teaching with Carola Suárez Orozco The…

Educator Spotlight: Sara Ahmed, Teaching The Arrival

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  Educator Spotlight: Teaching the Arrival Welcome…

Names, Identity, and Immigration

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Names play an important role in our identities. The selection…

Backstory Radio: Americans and Assimilation

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BackStory is a weekly podcast that explores the history behind…

FDR on the Statue of Liberty’s 50th Anniversary

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Below is an excerpt from President Roosevelt's remarks on the…

The Bintel Brief: Letters from Jewish Life on New York’s Lower East Side

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 On January 20, 1906, a new kind of newspaper column made…

Chinese Food on a Jewish Christmas

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By Zhaoyang Liu In the United States, there is a tradition…

Classroom Resource: Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant

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Charlie Chaplin's 1917 film, The Immigrant, depicts the story…

Yugoslavians and the Immigration Act of 1924

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By Zhaoyang Liu Tension between immigration and labor…

Anglicized Portuguese Names

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By Zhaoyang Liu Many different ethnic groups chose to…

What did I just hear?: 5 Resources for Exploring Anti-Immigrant Prejudice

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What is the impact when we hear politicians, our peers, and…

The California Folk Music Project

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By Zhaoyang Liu Ethnomusicology is the study of the music…