Turning to Action

Grade Levels: Elementary, High School, Middle School Types: Study Guides & Collections Questions: How should we teach about migration?

The resources on this page correspond to the final section of the Re-imagining Migration learning arc. Explore the ways that individuals and communities work to create inclusive and sustainable societies for a world on the move. Among the questions that educators explore in this section of the learning arc are:

How can we take action towards more inclusive and sustainable societies?

  • What issues related to migration do we care about and why?
  • What can we learn from individuals and groups who have addressed migration in the past?
  • How might we use our voice and spheres of influence to create and sustain inclusive and welcoming communities?

Somos Mas Americanos: Music and Civic Participation

Lesson Plan: Quinceañeras at the Capitol

Hidden Histories: Arab Americans

Climate Migrate Case Study

We Are Here: Undocumented Americans Past and Present

Ida B. Wells: Lynching is Our National Crime

Teaching Current Events

The Power of Refugees

The Chicano Movement and Boyle Heights: Teaching Student Activism

Plyler V. Doe and the 14th Amendment

Lesson: Civic Consequences of Belonging

Measuring Belongingness

Gharba: The Arab Diaspora

Connections to Counter Anti-Immigrant Bullying

Teaching Home

Educator Spotlight: Amanda Najib Ibrahim

Change Makers-Luma Mufleh

Educator Spotlight- Dr. Zeina Zaatari

Civic Action- Standing Up Against Hate

Teaching Efrén Divided

Teacher, Journalist, and Activist Jovita Idár

Donna Neary: Introducing Immigrant-origin Students to The Emma Lazarus Project

Fernande Raine: Are you Building Your Civic Muscle?: How to use History to enhance your Wellbeing

Civic Challenges in Uncertain Times: Immigration and COVID-19

The Emma Lazarus Project

Teaching Idea: Using Art to Amplify and Empower

Classroom Resource: Restaurants Without Borders

Los Tigres del Norte – Los Hijos de Hernandez

Have your students heard of Wong Kim Ark?

Wong Kim Ark: Free Poster

Building Bridges Across Borders: Questions for the Classroom

Blog: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Turns 70

Joe Maddon and the Hazleton Integration Project

Blog: Civics for Immigrant and Undocumented Students

4.1 Miles

Educator Spotlight: Sara Ahmed, Being the Change

Film Study Guide: I Learn America

Educator Spotlight: The Gift of Our Wounds

Wong Kim Ark, the 14th Amendment and Birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Classroom Resource: Welcoming Refugees in Europe

The Chicano LA School Walkouts

Civic Dialogue: Resources for Talking about Immigration and Politics

The Quinceañera Protest

Educator Spotlight: 10 Questions for Changemakers

The Dream 9 from Latino USA

Waking in Oak Creek

Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus”

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