Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Puerto Rican Migration to the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses maps, documents, and photographs to tell the story of Puerto Rican migration to the United States.
Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: Latin America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A course workshop looks into the trends of migration in Latin America and then identifies how geographic surroundings impact human movement. Part I of the video addresses annual Mayan migration to Guatemala. Part II introduces a volcano...
Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Amblin' to Alaska

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the new methods of dating the Bering Strait land bridge and the subsequent implications to the peopling of Americas' theories.
Handout
USA Today

Minorities Make a Choice to Live With Their Own

For Students 9th - 10th
Intriguing article explaining the trend illustrated through the 2000 Census information that minorities have broken segregation ties but still choose to live in areas with other members of their racial background.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...