World History Generation Z Research Project: Immigration / Migration
Migrants at the US Border [crop]. Photo: Sandor Csudai. KNUM.org. Creative Commons. 2021
Immigration and Migration Issues
Migration to the US via Central America
- Root Causes of Central Americans’ Migration to US (11:50)
Many of the people attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border are asylum seekers, and the vast majority come from three Central American nations: Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. In 2021, migrant arrivals to the U.S.-Mexico border reached multi-decade highs, but border surges are not a new phenomenon and are the product of a complex set of factors, the roots of which span generations.
Migrants from China Coming through the Southern US Border
Migration to Europe
Ukrainians Displaced by War
- Two-thirds of Ukrainian refugees intend to stay in host countries
A UN survey shows the majority of people fleeing Russia’s invasion plan to stay put until hostilities subside and security improves.
Our Shrinking World
Cultural Diffusion / Homogenization
- How Korean Culture Went Global [podcast] (48:00)
Includes link to transcript.
Endangered Languages & Cultures
- The language at the end of the Earth
Interactive gallery on the Rapa Nui language and preservation efforts.
Endangered Languages in Mexico & Central America
- Can Indigenous Language Comics Save a Mother Tongue?Publishers and researchers are creating graphic publications to help stem the loss of Hñäñho, spoken by the Ñäñho people.
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