Blowing up the Biography

Telling an Immigrant's Story

Research

• http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast-facts/
• http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?ID=818#9
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States
• http://www.infoplease.com/us/immigration/

Research demographic statistics on immigrants including how many people come from that country to the United States each year, where they tend to live when they come to this country, and what types of jobs they normally take.  

Present

World Cultures Day - http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/world-day-cultural-diversity-dialogue

• Ireland - http://www.irishculture.ie/
• Haiti - http://www.haitian-culture.com/
• Bangladesh - http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/culture/
• El Salvador - http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/El-Salvador.html
• India - http://www.culturalindia.net/
• Mexico - http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00633/
• Vietnam - http://www.vietnam-culture.com/
• Kosovo - http://www.beinkosovo.com/en/kosovo-culture
• China - http://www.cultural-china.com/ or http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_culture.html

Get Creative

• Bio Cube - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube-30057.html
• BrainyBox - http://www.classtools.net/brainybox/
• Web Booklet - http://simplebooklet.com/index-edu.php
• Simple Booklet - http://simplebooklet.com/index-sb.php
• Stormboard - https://www.stormboard.com
• Glogster - http://edu.glogster.com/
• Padlet - http://padlet.com/
• Lino - http://en.linoit.com/
• Magnoto - http://www.magnoto.com/
• Spaaze - http://www.spaaze.com/home
• Prezi - http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/
• Narrable - https://narrable.com
• Photo Story Apps - http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-photo-story
• Reel Prezo - http://www.reelapp.com/
• Zeega - http://zeega.com/
• Fakebook - http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
• Trading Cards - http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php

Timelines:

• http://www.ourstory.com/
• http://www.myhistro.com/
• http://www.timetoast.com/
• http://timerime.com/
• http://timeline.knightlab.com/#about
• http://www.dipity.com/

Webpages

• http://www.webnode.com/, 
• http://www.wix.com/
• http://www.weebly.com/
• Google Sites