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Displaced Children in U.S. History: Stories of Courage and Survival

Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 2:11pm

--Brenda Betts
A brief survey of four major U.S. migrations of homeless children: the Cherokee Trail of Tears; the Underground Railroad; the Orphan Train Riders; and the One Thousand Children program (during the Holocaust). Includes brief accounts from four children.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1803/180309.pdf [1]

The New Nation [2]
Civil War [3]
Roaring 20s, Great Depression [4]
World War II [5]
Social Studies and the Young Learner [6]
Elementary [7]
US History [8]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/displaced-children-us-history-stories-courage-and-survival

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1803/180309.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/building-new-nation
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/cilvi-war
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/roaring-20s-great-depression
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/world-war-ii-0
[6] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-studies-and-young-learner
[7] http://www.socialstudies.org/elementary
[8] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory