Human Populations

Students understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface.

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Why We Come | Carolina Stories 1

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Why We Come | Carolina Stories

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Mario Bravo's father worked in South Carolina and rarely made it home to Mexico. She hardly knew him, and it broke his heart. Today more Latino men are bringing their families with them to the U.S...

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): American Schools | Carolina Stories 2

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Adjusting to American schools is challenging for immigrant kids and their parents. They face a language barrier and educational systems that are very different from those in Latin American countries.

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Children of Latino Families | Carolina Stories 3

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Children of Latino Families | Carolina Stories

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The children of Latino families often learn English more quickly than their parents. They become the family interpreters, making phone calls, translating bills and letters and going with their parents...

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Divided Homes | Carolina Stories 5

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Divided Homes | Carolina Stories

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Extended families separated by the realities of immigration yearn for contact. In this chapter a video letter goes to Mexico and Carlos Garrido of the University of Vercruz explains cultural identity...

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Court Date | Carolina Stories 6

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Court Date | Carolina Stories

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Griselda's case goes to court and Carlos Garrido tells us more about the consequences of deportation for Mexicans.

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Cultural Integration | Carolina Stories 7

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Cultural Integration | Carolina Stories

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Dr. Elaine Lacy discusses other problems immigrants face, from getting children into school to medical care, and Maria's mother talks about feelings of isolation. Hispanic Outreach and Padres en...

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Rapid Assimilation | Carolina Stories 8

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Rapid Assimilation | Carolina Stories

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Immigrant parents worry that their children will assimilate too quickly and get into trouble. But Maria - like most immigrant kids - works hard to be successful, to prove that her parents' struggles...

Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Latino Impact | Carolina Stories 9

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Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Latino Impact | Carolina Stories

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The growing Latino populations is having an impact on the economy. Some say it is positive, others disagree. Whatever we think of immigration, no one can deny that people come here to make a better...

Research Vessel Palmetto, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

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Research Vessel Palmetto, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

A marine artificial reef is an added substrate positioned on a flat, featureless, sandy ocean bottom. The reef is totally natural, with the exception of the structure on which it grows. Natural reefs...

Research Vessel Palmetto, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

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Research Vessel Palmetto, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

The research vessel Palmetto is the largest ship operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. It is used to monitor offshore marine fisheries in South Carolina, Georgia, North...

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