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Carson High School Students Recite Poems About 'Becoming American'
Students discuss their ancestral identities and what "Becoming American" means to them.
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Civics Dilemmas Publications
Featuring the personal narratives of young migrants, this resource challenges students to reflect on the ways that migration affects personal identity.
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Developing Student Voice, Character, and Civic Agency
This middle school curriculum leads students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.
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Different Perspectives on Migrant Detention
Deepen students’ understanding of the issue of migrant detention by having them consider the diverse perspectives of detained migrants, an immigration lawyer, a border guard, and an immigration judge.
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Exploring Immigration: A Conversation with Journalist Sonia Nazario
Watch this webinar to learn about our extensive resources for teaching about immigration in social studies and literature classrooms and discuss the importance of stories in addressing today’s challenges of borders and belonging.
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Facing History Student Tejwattie Speaks About Her Identity
Tejwattie speaks about how Facing History helped her understand her identity.
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Finding A Voice: Clarinda Ofori-Annor at the 2014 Chicago Benefit Dinner
Facing History and Ourselves alumna Clarinda Ofori-Annor gave an account of her experiences as an immigrant from Ghana and finding her voice in her Facing History class at the 2014 Chicago Benefit Dinner.
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Teacher-Created Unit: Migration and Belonging
Get the 6-week unit created for a middle school Language Arts class using our content and Literacy Design Collaborative’s task templates.
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Teaching Enrique's Journey
Use this six-week unit to explore the powerful story of a teenage boy from Honduras who migrates to the United States to reunite with his mother.
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Teaching Enrique's Journey
Watch this webinar to explore the young adult version of Enrique's Journey, a powerful biography, written by journalist Sonia Nazario providing insight into the realities of immigration.
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The Danger of a Single Story
In her TED Talk, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes the effects that labels can have on how we think about ourselves and others.
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