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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: United States Mexico Borderlands

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great site that talks about changes in the U.S.-Mexico border. It also discusses the meaning of the border, the people that live there, and border regions. Click "next" at the bottom of the page for more information on the...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: The u.s. Mexico Border a History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has complete information about the U.S.-Mexico border. It has an interactive timeline of important border events and a morphing map that shows changes in the border.
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Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

Univerity of Minnesota: Global Rem: Border Control & Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource uses articles, images, and videos that describe the use of sophisticated technologies to control migration at the border between the United States and Mexico. The goal is to encourage students to understand how technology...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Alberto Wilson Iii, "Border Walls in a Globalized Age"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on issues concerning President Trump's proposed Border Wall with Mexico to stop undocumented immigration.
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: S. Deborah Kang, Ins on the Line: Making Immigration Law on the Us Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the history of the immigration on the US-Mexico border. The US-Mexico border has been and continues to be both open and closed as a matter of design. For much of the twentieth century, the Immigration and...
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Primary
Museum of the City of San Francisco

The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Mexican American War

For Students 9th - 10th
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco displays the history of the Mexican-American War, including an explanation of border changes in the California and Mexico areas. It also discusses the idea of Manifest Destiny.