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Latino children at immigrant rights rally: A Latino boy and girl wave U.S. flags at an Immigrants' Rights March in San Francisco's Mission District on the National Day of Action for Immigrants, April 10, 2006.; Format: image/photograph

Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools: These articles provide background on Latino immigrants in North Carolina, administrative challenges in binational education, and strategies through which teachers can build on what Latino students bring to their classrooms to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all students.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Farm animal immigrants: Students will identify a rare or endangered farm animal and then locate its country of origin on a world map. Students will also research the animal and its uses to determine why it was an imported.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Meg Millard and Pamela Webb.

Waldensian Museum: The Waldesian Museum celebrates the Waldesian church and its members who settled in this area of North Carolina on the late 1800s.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants: Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Lincoln County Museum of History: The museum houses special collections of artifacts and historical objects as well as primary source documents such as photographs, maps, diaries, letters, and other materials.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Immigrants land at Ellis Island: Format: image/photograph

Immigration in U.S. history: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.5; Tens of millions of immigrants over four centuries have made the United States what it is today. They came to make new lives and livelihoods in the New World; their hard work benefited themselves and their new home country.; Format: article

Activity: 16 de Septiembre: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 2.2; Contact the local Hispanic cultural or resource center and establish contacts with Mexican immigrants. Have your students interview families, especially those with children of comparable ages and discuss how Mexicans celebrate the 16th of September...; Format: activity

World War I propaganda posters: U.S. Government propaganda posters spelled out the reasons for American involvement in World War I and encouraged all Americans to help in the war effort.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Colonial restrictions on pottery: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 8; European colonists recognized clay as an important resource in developing their agricultural economy. Surprisingly, the king's governors restricted the manufacture of pottery because the British economic model for the empire (called mercantilism)...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Colombian boys in Cartagena: Two young boys smile for the camera. Colombia is an ethnically-diverse country. The indigenous inhabitants who greeted the conquistadors contribute heavily to Colombia's large mestizo population. Colombia was also the destination of...; Format: image/photograph

The Scottish Heritage Center: The earliest settlers of Scotland County were Highland Scots. The Scottish Heritage Center celebrates the music, history, and culture of these ancestors.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

From clay to pot: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 12; The remainder of this field trip is devoted to showing what humans must do to convert the clays recovered from the ground as shown in the first two photographs into the objects shown in Figures 3 through 9. We need to begin by describing what happens to native...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Young woman walking along beach: A young woman in a striped bathing suit walks along the beach near a picket fence. Colombia is an ethnically-diverse country. The indigenous inhabitants who greeted the conquistadors contribute heavily to Colombia's large mestizo population....; Format: image/photograph

Woman on the beach in Cartagena, Colombia: A woman looks toward the camera from the beach. Behind her is a large number of sun tents, some of which are shading bathers. The Caribbean Ocean is visible in the background. Colombia is an ethnically-diverse country. The indigenous inhabitants who greeted...; Format: image/photograph

From rural Mexico to North Carolina: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.2; Most immigrants to North Carolina from Mexico come from rural areas, and it is valuable for teachers to understand these students' cultural backgrounds.; By Regina Cortina.

Oral history links and resources: In Oral history in the classroom, page 6; Guides, tips, lesson plans, and examples of student projects on the web.; Format: article; By Kathryn Walbert.

Tobacco workers strike: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.12; Magazine article describing an unsuccessful strike by tobacco mill workers in Durham, North Carolina, 1881.; Format: magazine; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Introduction: Twenty years after the Lost Colony disappeared, in 1607, the English established another colony 150 miles up the coast at Jamestown. This Virginia colony, too, faced unexpected difficulties -- food shortages, disease, native peoples who were less than thrilled...

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