Resource Library
Welcome to Re-Imagining Migration's comprehensive resource collection, featuring over 500 carefully curated materials designed to transform how schools and educators approach migration, inclusion, and belonging. Whether you're developing curriculum, creating inclusive learning environments, leading professional development, or working to support immigrant-origin students, our library offers resources and guidance for every aspect of building migration-responsive educational communities.
Types of Resources
Lessons
Lesson plans, student activities, and discussion guides ready for immediate use
Planning
Tools
Frameworks and guides to help you integrate migration themes into your existing curriculum
Articles/
Research
Hand-picked articles and high-quality research to bring topics to life.
Study
Guides &
Collections
Curated sets of resources organized around specific themes or learning objectives
Teaching
Techniques
Practical strategies for creating inclusive, engaging learning environments
Video
Resources
Online videos and streaming content to depict migration stories.
Results
An Asset-Based Approach to Teaching Immigrant-Origin Youth
An asset-based approach in education focuses on students’ strengths and experiences, valuing their unique backgrounds and perspectives. This contrasts with a deficit-based approach, emphasizing what students…
How is Migration Impacting Our Students?
Posted on June 26, 2024 What Should We Know to Ensure They Can Thrive? Migration shapes the lives of students in profound ways. With 27% of the…
Building Belonging: Harnessing the Power of Education in a Time of Demographic Change
The report “Building Belonging: Harnessing the Power of Education in a Time of Demographic Change” by Re-Imagining Migration and History Co:Lab explores the significance of fostering…
Teaching Stories of Persistence: Emily Francis
Emily Francis is a high school ESL teacher from Concord, North Carolina and the author of If You Only Knew: Letters from an Immigrant Teacher. Emily was born…
New School Year, New Resources for You!
Re-Imagining Migration’s Resources for Teachers on a Time Crunch With increased political, social, and climate migration, we must reimagine a world where our stories are those…
Supporting Immigrant Students in an Anti-Immigrant Climate: An Interview with Dr. Maryam Kia Keating
Immigrant students in American schools are experiencing unprecedented trauma and toxic stress. Rising anti-immigrant rhetoric, heightened enforcement actions, and administrative silence in many districts have created…
Supporting Immigrant Students: Trauma-Informed, Relationship-Centered Strategies for Teachers
Key takeaways include: The guide is based on an interview with Dr. Maryam Kia Keating, a clinical psychologist specializing in trauma and resilience, and encourages educators…
Belonging in Schools Report, Spring 2024
Re-Imagining Migration believes that communities thrive when schools build belonging among all their students. The inverse is also true. Communities suffer when schools don’t meet the…
Re-Imagining the Role of Black Migrations in U.S. History
Black Migration in U.S. History After Reconstruction, Black Americans began a country-defining migration, known as the Great Migration, between 1916 and 1970. By Adam Strom and…
Culturally Responsive Civics with Sasha Guzman
Sasha Guzman is a veteran high school social studies teacher who has spent much of her career teaching first and second-generation immigrant youth, first in Los…