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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Tenement Museum: Your Story, Our Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This online museum features a digital archive. Students, and anyone around the United States, are encouraged to upload images of family objects and their stories. American immigration and migration are the foci for this archive.
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Primary
Tennessee History For Kids

Tennessee History for Kids: Donelson's Journal the Day They Passed Through the Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
The journal kept by John Donelson during the journey by boats down the Tennessee River in 1779-80 is one of the great records of American migration. The most dramatic day of the journey was Wednesday, March 8, a day in which Donelson's...
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University of Calgary

Peopling North America: Theories Regarding First Migrations to the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the multiple theories of the earliest migrations into North America.
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Other

Mitochondrial Dna Adaptations in Human Population (2004)

For Students 9th - 10th
Hawks's research involves the use of mtDNA studies to hypothesize the ability to survive in certain climatic zones.
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BBC

Bbc: North America's First People

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy-to-understand explanations for the theories revolving around first Americans. Each theory: Clovis First and Pacific Coast Route, is explained as well as the basis for the debate.