Re-imagining Migration

Re-imagining Migration Preparing to build belonging among all students Our new research-based approach is designed to achieve this.

Re-imagining Migration addresses one of our nation’s most challenging issues today: the ways that polarization, prejudice, and hatred between people of different identities, backgrounds, and perspectives are dividing and damaging our communities and our nation. In the current environment, children of immigrants are often targets of overlapping prejudices as both members of immigrant families and a

s young people of color. These factors impair their academic, social, and civic opportunities for success, and imperil the prospects for our shared democracy. Our Vision

We believe that leveraging opportunities across the educational ecosystem to build bridges among young people in classrooms and communities is one of the most compelling and effective ways to change this destructive dynamic. Go to www.reimaginingmigration.org to learn more about how we do this work and explore our resources.

💭 Who gets to decide who belongs here — and what gives them that authority?These reflection prompts are designed to spar...
09/03/2026

💭 Who gets to decide who belongs here — and what gives them that authority?

These reflection prompts are designed to spark honest conversation in classrooms and communities, helping students, educators, and families explore migration, belonging, and the stories that shape us.

These prompts are inspired by the Re-Imagining Migration framework developed by Verónica Boix-Mansilla at Project Zero

🔗 Explore the full collection of reflection prompts here: https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/reflection-prompts/ .

Back to school is here, and there’s no better time to bring these resources into your classroom.Next up in our U.S. Hist...
09/02/2026

Back to school is here, and there’s no better time to bring these resources into your classroom.

Next up in our U.S. History Primary Source Collection: Period 2, 1500s–1770s: European Colonization & Forced Migration.

This era brought starkly different migration experiences to North America. Some came voluntarily, some as indentured servants, and many were forcibly brought through the transatlantic slave trade, all against the backdrop of Indigenous displacement.

Explore the full collection here: https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/us-history-primary-source-collection/

Kicking off the Back to School season with our core resources, starting with one of our foundational tools: The Learning...
09/01/2026

Kicking off the Back to School season with our core resources, starting with one of our foundational tools: The Learning Arc, a way to think about teaching migration.

Developed by Verónica Boix-Mansilla at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Learning Arc gives educators a framework for teaching migration through three forms of engagement: Moving Stories, Understanding Migration, and Turning to Action.

Because migration isn't a topic to teach once. It's a lens for understanding ourselves and the world around us.

🔗 Download it here: https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/learning-arc/

💭 What has someone from a different background taught you that you couldn't have learned from within your own community ...
08/28/2026

💭 What has someone from a different background taught you that you couldn't have learned from within your own community alone?

These reflection prompts are designed to spark honest conversation in classrooms and communities, helping students, educators, and families explore migration, belonging, and the stories that shape us.

These prompts are inspired by the Re-Imagining Migration framework developed by Verónica Boix-Mansilla at Project Zero

🔗 Explore the full collection of reflection prompts here: https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/reflection-prompts/ .

Back to school is around the corner… we're introducing a new series exploring our U.S. History Primary Source Collection...
08/27/2026

Back to school is around the corner… we're introducing a new series exploring our U.S. History Primary Source Collection, one period at a time 📚

We're starting with Pre-1500s: Indigenous Settlement & Migration. Long before European colonization, Indigenous peoples had established complex societies across North America, with patterns of movement, settlement, and belonging that shaped the continent for thousands of years.

Explore the full connection here:
https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/us-history-primary-source-collection/

08/26/2026

Making Americans continues! 📚

📣 Lesson 15: Multilingual Education in the U.S.

Written by Jessica Lander, 2023 MA History Teacher of the Year and author of the George Orwell Award-winning book Making Americans.

In this lesson, students explore the long, contested history of multilingual education in the United States. Through primary sources representing politicians, educators, researchers, and immigrants, students examine why language policy has been so deeply contested and what it reveals about American ideas of belonging, assimilation, integration, and equality.

📚Grades 8–12
⏰55 minutes – One class period, with possible extension activity

Transform your classroom with history that builds critical thinking and deeper understanding.

FREE Download here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gpnF2VtkQBEk4K_51G07ydVsVdj7lUHHWcEL6woycqU/edit?tab=t.0 =h.2qaou8jcto2

💭 What have you learned from someone whose language, culture, or experiences are different from your own?These reflectio...
08/22/2026

💭 What have you learned from someone whose language, culture, or experiences are different from your own?

These reflection prompts are designed to spark honest conversation in classrooms and communities, helping students, educators, and families explore migration, belonging, and the stories that shape us.

These prompts are inspired by the Re-Imagining Migration framework developed by Project Zero

🔗 Explore the full collection of reflection prompts here: https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/reflection-prompts/

08/21/2026

Making Americans continues! 📚

📣 Lesson 14: Ellis Island

Written by Lander, 2023 MA History Teacher of the Year and author of the George Orwell Award-winning book Making Americans.

In this lesson, students explore the history of U.S. immigration policy through the lens of Ellis Island. Students will learn about the creation of the U.S. federal immigration system and explore the vetting process at the heart of this new immigration system. Together students will discuss what this new process revealed about the nation's priorities in terms of who they welcomed and who they turned away.

📚Grades 8–12
⏰55 minutes – One class period, with possible extension activity

Fun Nerdy History Note: Not able to get to Ellis Island for the filming, Jessica decided to film at Boston’s Long Wharf which was the site of the city’s primary immigration station in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Transform your classroom with history that builds critical thinking and deeper understanding.

Download the FREE lesson here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ot-nSc8DEmbqw8ra1QjPHUHJEKWxw0q8LGqUGid_hsQ/edit?tab=t.0

Check out the full Making Americans series on our website!

🎉A big win for immigrant students and families in Massachusetts.The PROTECT Act was officially signed into law last week...
08/20/2026

🎉A big win for immigrant students and families in Massachusetts.

The PROTECT Act was officially signed into law last week, providing key protections for immigrant communities across the state.

The law includes protections across schools, hospitals, courts, and other community spaces. Among the school-based protections we helped fight for: ICE arrests are prohibited on school grounds without a judicial warrant or court order, and school districts must implement detailed emergency response plans by September 1, 2026.

Huge thanks to our co-founding coalition partner Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) for their extraordinary leadership in driving this work forward. As a co-founder of the MA-CIMJE coalition, Director of Practice and Policy Jessica Lander and Re-Imagining Migration were proud to join with organizations across the Commonwealth to share our voices, stories, and experiences to make the case for urgent action.

We are so proud that Massachusetts is now a national leader in working to protect our immigrant neighbors, students, colleagues, and family members.

Happy publication day to A Suitcase Full! 🎉We couldn't let the moment pass without a classroom guide — and we finished i...
08/18/2026

Happy publication day to A Suitcase Full! 🎉

We couldn't let the moment pass without a classroom guide — and we finished it just in time.

A Suitcase Full by Maryam Kia-Keating, illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett, follows Kimia as she flees Iran with only one suitcase, learning to carry her past into a new home. Based on the author's own childhood.

Our free classroom guide braids literacy instruction with the Re-Imagining Migration Learning Arc — moving students from Moving Stories to Understanding Migration to Turning to Action while building empathy, inference, and civic connection.

Download FREE here: https://reimaginingmigration.org/resource-items/teaching-a-suitcase-full/

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