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Website
iCivics

I Civics: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
A WebQuest on the history and process of immigration to the United States, and the reasons and forces that influence people's decisions to immigrate. Each page has a question to answer, and a link to a site with information specific to...
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Interactive
University of Richmond

Digital Scholarship Lab: American Panorama: Foreign Born Population

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore trends in immigration to the United States between 1850 and 2010 with this interactive map. Each year shows the numbers of people that were born in a foreign country, with the data being represented in multiple ways. Use the...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Native & Foreign

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, Ca. 1880 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of twelve historical photographs showing immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and being processed.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Immigration Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States. Change the year on the slider to see fluctuations over time of their migration to the U.S.