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http://www.americansall.com/PDFs/02-americans-all/23.10.pdf Simulation of Ellis Island Immigration Experience.

http://www.tear.org.au/advocacy/refugees/files/Refugee%20Simulation.pdf

High School level simulation focusing on refugee scenarios focusing on Afghanistan.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/Vote2004/immigration.html

PBS lesson on immigration issues in the 2004 campaign.  Includes practice citizenship test.

http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/Educators/LessonPlans/The_Changing_Face_of_America/The_Changing_Face_of_America.htm

The Changing Face of American from the Population Research Bureau uses census materials to explore immigration patterns throughout history (middle/high school).

http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/enrichment/geog_action/2005/lessons.htm

MAGE (Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education) has several links to immigration websites and lesson plans at this link.

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/11_01/Chrstnsn.shtml

Description of and innovative immigration project a teacher did with students.

http://www.lwvmn.org/EdFund/ImmigrationInMinnesota.asp

Immigration in Minnesota:  Challenges and Opportunities by the League of Women Voters provides an up to date (2002) history of immigration in Minnesota.

http://www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?contentid=536908433&contenttype=EDITORIAL&hpage=true&agency=Administration

PDF of controversial report on “The Impact of Illegal Immigration to Minnesota” put out by Gov. Pawlenty and the Office of Strategic Planning in the Department of Administration.

http://www.americas.org/item_23746

Responses to the above report.

http://www.mnadvocates.org/The_B_I_A_S_Project_-_Building_Immigrant_Awareness_and_Support_a_campaign_to_combat_anti-immigrant_sentiment.html

Arm of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis.  Features information, lesson plans, and the downloadable curriculum, The Energy of A Nation.

http://www.americas.org/

The Resource Center of the Americas provides services for Latin Americans as well is information for teachers in the Twin Cities and nationally.  Workshops for teachers are offered, they have an extensive lending library, and fantastic book shop and café.

http://www.hrusa.org/thisismyhome/index.html

Human Rights USA is based at the U of M Law School.  HRUSA has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights to create a curriculum called This is My Home.  The lesson plans are online.  Unit 2 features lessons on Immigration and Migration with an extensive bibliography of resources.  There are two of these kits housed at the MRC, each with a video.

http://www.cvt.org/main.php

The Center for Victims of Torture is a internationally know organization based in Minnesota.  The website features links to learning more about issues and what you can do to help.

http://www.nnirr.org

The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights is an educational network that provides resources on how to take action on immigrant and refugee issues. Its goal is to promote a fair immigration and refugee policy in the United States and to uphold the rights of immigrants and refugees regardless of their legal status. (Cu, V, M, A)

http://nytimes.com/learning/teachers/xwords/print/20000601.html

New York Times crossword puzzle on immigration--link to the answers on the bottom of the page. The New York Times also provides great resources on current events, related

topics and history for teachers and students (3-12) on their Learn in g Network homepage

(http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html?8dpc ).

http://www.ellisisland.org/

The Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island Foundation site allows you to search passenger arrival records, gives advice on how to track your family genealogy (great teacher activity!), allows you to make a family scrapbook and has the history of Ellis Island.

http://uscis.gov

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services-- formerly provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), focuses exclusively on immigration and citizenship

services.

http://www.refugees.org/

US Committee for Refugees works to defend the rights of all uprooted people regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology, or social group. You can listen to voices of refugees and read their testimonials; get current headlines; buy teacher guides; and access links to other websites and ideas on how to take action.

http://www.refugeecamp.org

Refugee Camp-- you can find out how 39 million people are forced to live each day. Take a virtual tour of a refugee camp, curriculum covering refugee issues and famine on sight.

http://www.respectrefugees.org/

RESPECT (Refugee Education Sponsorship Program Enhancing Communities Together) is committed to raising awareness and promoting action in youth around the world about refugees. Website provides link for potential tutors, has educational resources and e-zine as well as letters from refugee students.

http://www.umn.edu/ihrc

Immigration History Research Center: houses studies, books, and archives on

immigration to Minnesota. Special focus on Eastern and Southern Europe.

(612) 625-4800

A sampling of immigrant-based organizations in Minnesota:

Chicanos Latinos Unidos en Servicio (CLUES) (651) 292-0117

Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota (612) 338-5282

Ethiopians in Minnesota (651) 645-4633

Filipino-American Women s Network (FAWN) (612) 560-5858

Hmong American Partnership (651) 642-9601

Islamic Center of Minnesota (763) 571-5604

Jewish Family Services (651) 698-0767

Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota (612) 374-4967

Somali Community of Minnesota (612) 871-6786

Sudanese-American Community Development (763) 788-0391

Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (612) 874-4866

United Cambodian Association of Minnesota (651) 222-3299

Vietnamese Social Services (651) 641-8907

 

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