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Website
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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

For Students 9th - 10th
MALDEF offers many resources to the Mexican American community. Here anyone can learn about public policy, have access to laws regarding citizenship and equal access, and read news and events regarding the Mexican American community.
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Lesson Plan
Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: Nativism in 19th C. America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students explore the reasons people immigrated to America in the nineteenth century, the urban growth that resulted, the development of public education, the contributions of immigrants, the wave of nativism, and the...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Becoming an American

For Students 9th - 10th
Through primary source documents, learn about the opportunities and pressures immigrants have confronted to "become American," from cultural and educational programs like English language classes and social events to formal citizenship...
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Article
Other

Welfare Reform, Marriage, & Sexual Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a summary of the goals of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, and how it relates to such issues as marriage and sexual behavior. From the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit organization focused on sexual and...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Prohibition: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provides four detailed lesson plans about Prohibition. The lesson plans include activities, student handouts, assessment and extension ideas, and video segments.
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Website
Other

Streetlaw: Careers in the Law

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in being an attorney, corrections officer, court reporter, forensic scientist, police officer, judge or government agent, check out this description of several legal careers. Learn about salary, required education,...