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CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: War & Peace: How Are We Changed by War?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How are we changed by war?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 24 Grade-Leveled texts (5-11) on the topic of Immigration. Most Americans can trace their ancestry back to immigrants coming to the New World. Learn about America's history of immigration, particularly during the...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Incantation" by Alice Hoffman

For Students 5th - 9th
Estrella is a girl living in Spain during the Spanish inquisition and dealing with the secret of her Jewish heritage, an unacceptable crush, and her best friend's betrayal. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 5-9) to pair with the...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Community: How Are Communities Formed?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Community, How are communities formed? Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: A Refugee's Story (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students watch a 19-minute documentary that tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014, who is now counseling newly arrived refugees. In this lesson, students explore through classroom...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Freedom From Fear (Lesson Plan About Asylum Seeking)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this mock-trial lesson, students explore the kinds of issues that compel people to leave their own countries and seek refuge in the United States. Requires viewing of select segments from "Destination America," the four-part series...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Well Founded Fear (Lesson Plans About Asylum Seekers)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about asylum seekers, one of which is based on the case of the SS St. Louis, an ocean liner of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in 1939. The lessons let learners discuss how U.S. immigration and...
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Curated OER

Joshua Dimina

For Students 9th - 10th
What does it feel like to be a refugee in a strange country during a holiday time? Read about a refugee from the Republic of Congo and other immigrants as they struggle with a new culture.
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Curated OER

Dimina in Surgery

For Students 9th - 10th
What does it feel like to be a refugee in a strange country during a holiday time? Read about a refugee from the Republic of Congo and other immigrants as they struggle with a new culture.
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Curated OER

Rukiya Sheygo Holds Her Newborn Baby, Abukar.

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 11,000 Somali Bantus had arrived in the U.S. as of March 20th, 2005. This article discusses some of the adjustments the refugees faced.
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Curated OER

Abdikadir Ali, Sheygo's Husband.

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 11,000 Somali Bantus had arrived in the U.S. as of March 20th, 2005. This article discusses some of the adjustments the refugees faced.
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Curated OER

Health Class

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 11,000 Somali Bantus had arrived in the U.S. as of March 20th, 2005. This article discusses some of the adjustments the refugees faced.
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Curated OER

Pbs News Hour Extra: Drought and Famine Refugees, 2011: Photograph

For Students 9th - 10th
Photo of Somali refugees affected by the 2011 drought and famine in the Horn of Africa.