Indigenous communities in coastal Alaska are facing the impacts of climate change as rising sea levels and changing weather patterns threaten to disrupt and destroy entire villages. If coordinated relocation efforts are not successful, residents risk losing their community and their traditional lifestyle. Lesson plan with photo essay.

This resourch will help your students to practice use with Culture Grams in the Utah Online Library. This will help them build a foundation of what they need to have to use the resource effectively through completing a variety of tasks. 

This lesson plan aims at incorporating technology, in this case the Pages app on iPad, to create pamphlets that demonstrate depth of knowledge of social studies content. 

Civil war in Syria has contributed to an unprecedented global refugee crisis. The response from varying countries has been inconsistent, calling into question how our world community responds to the most basic human needs for safety, shelter, and security. Lesson plan with a short documentary film. (English and Spanish)

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Students participate in a “push/pull” simulation to identify reasons people migrate from one place to another and analyze the similarities and differences between two real-world migrations.

A fun lesson to teach students about the push and pull factors of migration that includes an activity for all students to participate in.

Part of the Census. Bureau Interactive Maps collection, this Census Flows Mapper is worth highlighting on its own. Use it with students to allow exploration of internal migration patterns of United states.

At Jolie Coiffure salon, the charismatic owner Sabine offers much more than the intricate hairstyles advertised in her window displays. Her small shop serves as a community hub where local West African immigrants like herself talk about their experiences, dish romantic advice, reminisce about home, and swap critical information on government policies and actions that impact their precarious lives as immigrants. Lesson plan with a short documentary film clips.

Coastal areas are drastically impacted by the effects of climate change. Communities are witnessing rising sea levels, stronger storms, and coastal erosion, forcing residents to leave their homes. Lesson plan with a short documentary film. (English and Spanish)

In this mini-lesson, students reflect on stories of migration and learn about migration from El Salvador to the United States as a means of exploring the underlying factors that drive migration.