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Immigration Related Web Sites
Migrations
in History
http://educate.si.edu/migrations/start.html
Maintained by the Smithsonian Institution, this quite extensive site presents short essays (with pictures) on aspects of cultures around the world. The concept of migration is taken quite broadly, as other parts of the site briefly explore the migration of foods, fashions, medicines and technologies. All in all, this resource provides a very nice gloss on the interrelated contributions of all the world’s people.
My History
is America’s History
http://www.myhistory.org
Put together by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site contains useful lesson plans (elementary and secondary-level, although adaptable for adult literacy programs), but the real emphasis is on encouraging students to collect, document and retell their own family histories, and then to connect those stories to broader communities and to national history.
Port of Entry: Immigration http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/port/start.html
Part of the Library of Congress’ excellent “American Memory” project, this particular site is structured as a detective case (or maybe anthropological dig?) in which one searches for and pieces together cues and clues, both visual and written, that give a fuller understanding to a seemingly isolated picture or event.
usvisanews
http://usvisanews.com
This site offers fairly good coverage of the nuts-and-bolts administrative issues pertaining to immigration, giving information about forms, priority dates and processing times, along with topical state and federal-level news stories.
American
Immigration Center
http://www.us-immigration.com/index.html
Part of this site is strictly commercial, selling all manner of books, guides, manuals, and document packets, which may assist in navigating the immigration maze. But another part of the site offers online tips and tutorials regarding the legal requirements for immigration, along with current news stories and legal updates.
The
National Immigration Forum
http://www.immigrationforum.org
This site’s organization could use a bit of tightening up, but visitors will find an array of useful immigration facts, along with numerous short pieces addressing current issues and debates, many of which would serve as excellent starting points for in-class discussions and writing exercises.
Compiled by Lou Wollrab, SABES librarian at World Education, Boston, MA.
 
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