New Website: Educating About Immigration

Posted by on April 05, 2010

“Ours is a nation of immigrants. The citizen voter of today was yesterday an immigrant child. Tomorrow he may be a political leader.”
– Julia Richman, educator (speaking to the National Education Association, 1905)

Educating About Immigration is a new web site devoted to issues of immigration for the classroom from Constitutional Rights Foundation!

http://crfimmigrationed.org

Educating About Immigration is a one-stop informational and interactive clearinghouse on topics of U.S. immigration for teachers, students, and all Americans. It features balanced, non-partisan curriculum on immigration history, on public policy, and on holding discussions on current controversies, including

* Unauthorized immigration.
* Law enforcement and immigration.
* Guest-worker programs.
* Comprehensive immigration reform.
* Refugees and much more!

For Teachers

* Free standards-based lessons on current issues, U.S. history, and Government.
* Content-rich resources for enhancing lessons.
* Effective strategies to promote positive discussion.
* Featured News, Supreme Court Summaries, Proposed Legislation, and a Timeline of Immigration to North America and the United States.

For Students

* Research links for projects and papers.
* Homework help.
* A place to learn how to make your voice heard.

For All Americans

* Immigrant Stories, where all can share their own history.
* Resources on immigration laws and current issues.
* Interactive surveys that allow users to participate in public opinion.

Educating About Immigration has been made possible with funding from the Weingart Foundation and additional support from the Ford Foundation.


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