Movements of people have always been part of human history. However, the books that comprise the IBE Historical Textbook Collection rarely refer to “migration” or “migrants” explicitly. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that textbooks, especially in history and geography, are often used to construct a national identity by conveying an official and idealized narrative of what constitutes the people, its ethno-cultural origins, virtues, and places of memory. The topic of migration would disturb this carefully constructed narrative. Emigration from a country might shed light on uncomfortable truths about the root-causes of migration such as economic hardship and political, ethnic, or religious persecution. Immigration, in return, may be perceived as a threat to a homogenously defined national community. The second reason is that textbooks often take a broad view “from above.” Their point of reference is either the state or the (heroic) individual: battles and peace-treaties, political borders, trade-relations, kings and queens. Transnational movements of people usually do not fit this narrative unless a migratory experience is part of the self-image of a nation such as in the case of the United States, Australia, or Israel.