History

A children's drawing from a project to designed to build belonging for immigrant families in schools

Family Stories in the Classroom

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Understanding Immigrant Origin Students Webinar

In this 30-minute webinar, Re-Imagining Migration co-founder…

What is the Relationship Between English Learners and Immigrant Students?

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Not the Same Often, within educational settings immigrant…

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,…

Culturally Responsive Teaching with 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…

Why Teach about Migration?

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The story of migration is the story of humankind. The genetic and paleontological record of human migration is at least 70,000 years old. Researchers know that all of us can trace our ancestry to Southern Africa, while some homo sapiens migrated across Africa and stayed, others ventured out to the Asia, Australia, Europe, and eventually to the Americas. This is our shared experience.

Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus” and The Statue of Liberty

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Introduction: Lessons and resources for teaching about Emma Lazarus,…

Re-imagining Approaches to Immigration in Schools

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  In the United States, immigrants and their children…
Washington’s Rebuke to Bigotry: Reflections on Our First President’s Famous 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation In Newport, Rhode Island