The New York Times has a fascinating article about teaching young immigrants English up that comes with two interactive maps that are bound to make map lovers very, very happy.
This map shows you how the percentage of English learners is distributed across the schools in the different counties in the different states. Learn about the achievement gap between learners of English and native speakers. It’s fascinating stuff.
This is perhaps even more fascinating – a map that shows where the immigrants living in a particular county at a particular time (from 1880!) have their origins. If you are preparing to answer a possible immigration question in the Abitur, I really cannot think of a more stimulating addition to your studies, it’s so fascinating. For instance, in 1880, you see pockets of Asians in the middle of Nevada. Any idea what they were doing there? Helping build the railroad, of course!
Sometimes, I cannot believe the good stuff available on the Internet all for free!
Edit: I only just found out that on the second map you can click on a button and change it so it shows you real numbers of residents instead of percentages. It is particularly striking to see how the raw numbers of immigrants change over time.
