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PBS’s Chinese Exclusion Act (chapter 1)
Use this short excerpt from PBS's Chinese Exclusion as part of…





Immigrant Students Are Internalizing Stereotypes. Educators Can Help
Did you see our commentary Immigrant Students Are Internalizing…


A lesson in civility: The negativity immigrant students hear
A survey of immigrant children in the U.S. revealed just how…





Classroom Resource: Facundo the Great
Discussions about names can provide opportunities to build community,…

Educator Spotlight: Carola Suárez Orozco
Culturally Responsive Teaching with Carola Suárez Orozco
The…

Educator Spotlight: Sara Ahmed, Teaching The Arrival
Educator Spotlight: Teaching the Arrival
Welcome…

Names, Identity, and Immigration
Names play an important role in our identities. The selection…

The History of Anti-Mexican Lynching and Violence
In May 2016 the podcast Latino USA explored the history of anti-Mexican…

U.S. Immigration Statistics Over Time
According to the Migration Policy Institute:
From its inception,…


Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco (Editor), Desiree B. Qin-Hilliard (Editor)

Why Teach about Migration?
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
Introduction: Lessons and resources for teaching about Emma Lazarus,…

Re-imagining Approaches to Immigration in Schools
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
Dan Eshet (Editor), Michael Feldberg (Editor), and Adam Strom (Editor)