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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Please Ring the Bell for Us
This cartoon, by Francis Knott for the Dallas Morning News, was published on July 7, 1939. It accompanied an editorial that described admitting refugee children to the United States as an “act of simple humanity."
The Chinese Exclusion Act
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A clip from a documentary that examines the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part Three - No Turning Back
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The third of a 3-part series explores the immigration laws of 1965, and intimate portraits of the new Chinese Americans
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part Two - Between Two Worlds
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The second of a 3-part series explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Rohingya Refugees
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled persecution in Myanmar since 2017, often traveling to neighboring Bangladesh.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part One - Gold Mountain Dreams
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The first of a 3-part series explores the early years of Chinese immigration to the U.S.
Immigration in Texas
Immigrant women and children wait to enter the bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Friday, June 22, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.
Las Patronas
"Las Patronas" leader, Norma Romero, gives food to migrants in Las Patronas town, Veracruz State, Mexico on August 9, 2018.
Migrants in Serbia
Migrants walk near a border between Serbia and Croatia, near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, October 22, 2015.
Sumte Refugee Shelter in Germany
Men play soccer in front of residential houses at the Sumte refugee shelter in Sumte, Amt Neuhaus, Germany, May 2, 2016.
Syrian Refugees
Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey via the Orontes River, near the village of Hacipasa, Turkey, December 8, 2012.