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…

President Johnson and the 1965 Immigration Action

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On October 3, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed The Immigration…

Birds of Passage: The Italian Americans

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In the early years of the 20th century, the United States…

Between Two Worlds: The Italian American Immigrant Youth

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 This powerful excerpt from PBS's "The Italian Americans"…

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…

A Chapter of Human Migration: Polynesian Seafaring

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By Zhaoyang Liu Humans migrated across the globe in a…