Migration Resources on the Web

Transatlantic Teacher Training Resources
June 2004

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Migration Resources on the Web

Information on Migration:
General Migration Information | Immigration to the United States/Wisconsin |
German Immigration to the United States/Wisconsin | Immigration to Germany

Migration in the Classroom:

General Resources for Educators | Lesson Plans

Information on Migration

General Migration Information

· Migration News—hosted by the University of California Davis [E]

http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/index.php

This website summarizes and analyzes the most important immigration and integration developments of the preceding quarter. Topics are grouped by region: North America, Europe, Asia, and Other.

· There Is Nothing More Permanent Than Temporary Foreign Workers, by Philip Martin, UC-Davis, published for Center for Immigration, April 2001 [E]

www.cis.org/articles/2001/back501.html

A summary of studies comparing the U.S.’s Braceros Program to the German Gastarbeiter Program (also in PDF).

Immigration to the United States/Wisconsin

· Website of the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (formerly INS) [E]

http://uscis.gov

This official U.S. government website includes a wealth of information on current immigration laws, sample forms, services, the history of immigration to the U.S., teacher resources and more.

· US Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/

Information from U.S. censuses on, among many other things, foreign population, language use, ethnicity, etc. Includes detailed teacher website with lesson plans: http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/teachers.html

· The New Americans – PBS [E]

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/newamericans.html

Companion website to PBS’s successful series on the U.S.’s newest immigrants. Includes resources for educators such as lesson plans and an “immigration myths and realities” quiz.

· US National Archives and Records Administration [E]

http://www.archives.gov

The official webpage of the U.S. National Archives. Includes online resources (documents, photos, etc.) and a “virtual classroom” with teacher suggestions on how to use original historical documents in various classroom settings.

· American Memory – Historical Collections of the Library of Congress [E]

http://memory.loc.gov/

Treasure trove of primary documents searchable by keyword or subject.

· Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation [E]

http://www.ellisisland.org

Click on “Immigrant Experience” for immigrant stories and information on the “peopling of America.” Click on “passenger lists” to find authentic ship manifests.

· Wisconsin Historical Society [E]

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org

Materials from the Wisconsin Historical Society’s archives and teacher resources, including lesson plans on immigration.

· Wisconsin Electronic Reader Image Galleries [E]

http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Galleries.html

Historic images of people, places, and events from the University of Wisconsin library archives.

German Immigration to the United States/Wisconsin

· Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison [E, some G]

http://mki.wisc.edu

German-American immigration to the United States, especially Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Includes primary resources from the Institute's library and archive, virtual exhibits, on-line papers, lesson plans for teachers, and an extensive list of external links to German Americana.

· German Immigrants [E, G]

http://www.germanimmigrants.de/

Homepage of Dr. Helmut Schmahl, history professor at the University of Mainz. Many resources and links on German emigration in the 19^th century and immigration to the United States.

· Emigration Research Center [E, G]

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/nausae.htm

Hosted by the University of Oldenburg, this website gives extensive information on German emigration to the United States. Includes numerous primary resources such as passenger lists, letters, photos, maps, as well as research papers, books, and external links.

· Spurensuche Midwest [E, G]

http://www.spurensuchemidwest.org/

An interactive website tracing German-American heritage along different topics as it can still be found in Chicago and the Midwest.

· German-American Sites in Washington DC—A Virtual Tour [E, G]

http://www.goethe.de/uk/was/vtour/dc1/index.htm

A virtual tour of architectural sites with German-American background in Washington DC.

Immigration to Germany

· Website of the Federal Commissioner for Integration [G] http://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/index.php

· Official Website of the German Federal Government on Naturalization in Germany [G]

http://www.einbuergerung.de/

This website includes a summary of the new naturalization law of 2000, additional materials, and links.

· Facts and Figures on the Situation of Foreigners in Germany, published by

The Federal Government's Commissioner for Foreigners' Issues, October 2000 [G]

http://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/download/facts00.rtf

· A Manual for Germany—Handbuch für Deutschland, by the German Government Representative for Migration, Refugees and Integration [E, G, and other languages]

http://www.handbuch-deutschland.de/index_en.html

This German government brochure is designed to help recent immigrants integrate into German society.

· German Population Statistics, Statistisches Bundesamt, September 2003 [G]
http://www.destatis.de/basis/d/bevoe/bevoetab4.htm
Newest German population statistics according to gender and nationality, in table format.

· Structuring Immigration—Fostering Integration, Report by The Independent Commission on Migration to Germany (Summary), July 2001 [E]

http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/population/zuwanderungskonzepte/Zusammenfassung_des_Berichts_als_PDF-Download_engl.pdf

Report by the German government commission addressing immigration goals and policies.

· Germany and Labor, Migration News Online, January and April 2004 [E]

http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=2976_0_4_0

http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=3000_0_4_0

A summary and interpretation of Germany’s newest employment statistics and policies in relation to foreign workers.

· Country Profiles – Germany: Immigration in Transition, by By Veysel Oezcan,
Humboldt University Berlin, in Migration Information Source, May 2002 [E] http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=22

A brief overview of immigration and politics in Germany, ten years after reunification.

· "Immigration into Germany: More Needed, Fewer Wanted," from the print edition of The Economist, June 21, 2001 [E]
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· Immigration and Politics in Germany, by Barbara Weber, in Journal of the International Institute, University of Michigan, Volume 2, Number 3: Spring 1995 [E]

http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/journal/vol2no3/ozdemir.html

Summary of a presentation by Cem Özdemir (a member of the Green Party

and the first person of Turkish descent to be elected to the Bundestag, or German

Parliament, in October, 1994), titled “German Citizenship and the Turkish Community.”

· Raum ohne Volk—Ausländer in Deutschland, Spiegel Online, 2002 [G]

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,127462,00.html

Interactive website on population, immigration, and citizenship in Germany.

· Auf der Flucht nach Westen by Alexander Plato and Almuth Leh, in Der Spiegel – "Unterrichtseinheit Migration: Flüchtlingselend im 20.Jahrhundert" [G]

http://schule.spiegel.de/media/0,4906,3788,00.pdf

Written for use in German high schools, this is an overview of the changed demographics in central Europe as a result of the forced migrations during and after World War II. Includes suggestions for class room discussions.

Migration in the Classroom

General Resources

· American Association for Teachers of German (AATG) [E, G]

http://www.aatg.org/

Materials and resources for German teachers and those who want to teach about Germany.

· Goethe Institut Internationes [G, E, other languages]

http://www.goethe.de

Provides many resources on Germany and for German teachers. Examples:

Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) = Social Studies materials on Germany in English: http://www.goethe.de/uk/atl/enst.htm#ex02
Goethe Institut Chicago: http://www.goethe.de/uk/chi/enindex.htm

· The Learning Page of the Library of Congress [E]

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

Tremendous resource for teachers using materials from the Library of Congress archives.

· Schule für Toleranz, an internet project of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster [G]

http://www.schule-fuer-toleranz.de/

Resources on diversity, multiculturalism, tolerance, and “Rechtsradikalismus” in Germany. Includes projects by German schools.

· Unterrichtseinheit Migration: Flüchtlingselend im 20.Jahrhundert [G]

http://schule.spiegel.de/unterrichtseinheiten/migration/0,4813,284937,00.html

These educational materials on forced migration and refugees worldwide were developed by Der Spiegel and the Klett Publishing company and are available in print. The website shows table of contents, an editorial, and a few articles only.

· Social Studies School Services [E]

http://socialstudies.com/

Extensive collection of classroom projects by teachers for all grade levels. Has to be accessed by keyword search (for example “immigration”).

· The Smithonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide [E]

http://www.folklife.si.edu/CFCH/InterviewingGuide.pdf

This booklet is an indispensable guide to conducting meaningful and appropriate interviews of community members to record key sources of oral history, culture, and tradition. Includes sample lists of questions that can be adapted to individual needs and circumstances.

Lesson Plans on the Web

The following lesson plans all deal with different aspects of immigration and the immigration experience in the United States or Germany. Hhowever, the have widely different target audiences, ranging from middle school social studies students in the U.S. to adult German-language learners in Germany.