Library of Congress
Loc: European Reading Room: Germans in America Chronology
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Irish and German Immigration
Famine and political revolution in Europe led millions of Irish and German citizens to immigrate to America in the mid-nineteenth century.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Irish and German Immigration
Read about the reasons thousands of Irish and Germans emigrated to the United States in the first half of the 19th century. Find out why there was a backlash to influx of so many immigrants, and learn about the Nativists who wanted to...
Library of Congress
Loc: German Immigrants: Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest
Why did Germans immigrate to the Upper Midwest in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century? What contributions did they make to the region's cultural heritage? Students use American Memory photographs and documents to answer these...
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration
A content-rich site and Library of Congress "Featured Presentation" that looks at the immigration experiences of Americans from many backgrounds and countries. Includes lesson suggestions and resources, online immigration vocabulary...
Other
History of German American Relations: 1683 1900: History and Immigration
From the U.S. State Department, a comprehensive reference tool about the history of Germans in America starting in 1683 up until the present. Provides background, exhibits, digital images, statistics, teacher resources, internet links,...
Indiana University
Indiana University: German Americans and Their Contributions to Us Culture
This site outlines two well-organized lesson plans for teaching about German culture in the United States. Also includes extra credit ideas.
Digital History
Digital History: Immigration Begins
The United States has always been a melting pot. Read about the vast increase in immigration from countries in northern Europe in the 1830s and 1840s due to famine, eviction from land, and political unrest. See where various immigrant...
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: The Impossible Home: Robert Kroetsch and His German Roots
This site describes the family history of Robert Kroetsch, a Canadian writer and poet, whose family emigrated from Germany in 1841. It provided background for the making of a television documentary on Kroetsch's family.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Germans in the United States
Detailed information (much more than you will need) about German-speaking immigrants to America. The site highlights Pennsylvania as a hub for immigrants. Includes information about religious backgrounds and reasons for leaving their...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: German Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of German Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Other
Anabaptists: The Germans Come to North America
This site explains what brought various German religious groups to America.
Other
Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia: Germanna
This resource povides historical information about the German immigrants who settled German settlements in Virginia.
Kansas Historical Society
From Far Away Russia: Russian Germans in Kansas
A history of the immigration of Russian-German people to Kansas.
Kansas Historical Society
From Far Away Russia: Russian Germans in Kansas
A history of the immigration of Russian-German people to Kansas.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: German Settlers
German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the...
University of Maryland
Umbc Center for History Education: Reshaping American Society
Using this history lab, students will examine the impact immigration had on urbanization and the reform movements of the time, as well as the addressing the backlash to immigration by understanding nativism.
Curated OER
German 18th Century Map of Ebenezer, Georgia.
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
Curated OER
German 18th Century Map of Ebenezer, Georgia.
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Immigration
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Immigration.
Curated OER
German Immigrants Boarding a Ship for America in the Late 19th Century
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Passage to America, 1750
This article details the passage to America in 1750 through the eyes of a German immigrant.
A&E Television
History.com: History Shorts: When an Undocumented Immigrant Became a War Hero
Marcelino Serna came to the U.S. as a undocumented immigrant from Mexico, and within just a few years, became one of the country's bravest heroes. (Video 1:03) He joined the army at the beginning of WWI where he captured 24 German...
PBS
Liberty: Chronicle of the Revolution: Diversity
A brief look at the population increase in colonial America. Find out where all these immigrants came from and what they did in the colonies. From PBS.