Library of Congress
Loc: Mexican Immigration
Excellent site that examines the Mexican immigrant group beginning with early settlement in New Mexico in 1598 through to present times. The history as well as the intricate multiculturalism of this immigrant group is addressed.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Immigration Americanization, 1880 1930
This collection uses primary sources to explore immigration to the US and immigrant Americanization between 1880 and 1930.
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration: Destroying the Native American Cultures
This resource provides an account of the status of Native American cultures during the settlement of America. There are thoughts from various presidents through the ages. Many heart-breaking incidents in regard to Native American...
Library of Congress
Loc: Mexican Immigrants
As America grew and spilled into bordering lands, people found themselves living two cultures. LOC brings us a comprehensive site that traces the history of Mexican Americans and their culture.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Journey of the Jewish Americans
This video segment from The Jewish Americans shows how in the 19th century Jews and other groups were sometimes not welcomed when they immigrated to the United States. In addidtion to the video are teaching tips and follow-up questions,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Japanese Immigration
A detailed account of the saga of Japanese immigration to America, first to Hawaii, then encountering resistance on the U.S. Mainland, encountering difficulties during WWII, and rebuilding a community.
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: New Immigrants
1896, A Website for Political Cartoons provides a site from the collection of information concerning the Election of 1896, "New Immigrants" give us a view of immigration from a political standpoint.
Library of Congress
Loc: Italian Immigration
Excellent discourse on the arrival of the Italian immigrants. Discussion includes reasons for the immigration, their chosen places to stay once they passed through Ellis Island, and their trials in a new land.
Library of Congress
Loc: Legacy of French Canadian Immigrants in New England
Designed by American Memory Fellows Linda Hamel and Linda Hedrirck, this site explores the settlements of French Canadians in New England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides teachers complete lesson plans for 8...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Chinese American Clothes and Heritage
With this collection, visitors can explore the fashions and culture of Chinese Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Religion and American Life
An evolving section, Religion and American Life, will address the roles of immigration and religious freedom in the United States paving a long and open road of religous traditions, literature and artwork.
Other
Historical Soc. Of Penn: Japanese American Experience
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies has a site devoted to the history of the Japanese American, the continuing traditions, the legacy of internment and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Chinese Immigrants and Mexican Americans
Discusses the conflict with Mexican American and Chinese groups as white settlers pushed westward in the nineteenth century. Explains what brought so many Chinese immigrants to America and the roadblocks and discrimination that they had...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Carl Lindskoog, "Immigration Detention: A Selective Bibliography"
This bibliography supplements an essay in the Summer 2019 issue of the Immigration and Ethnic History Newsletter. This list shows, scholars in an array of disciplines have shaped the historiography of immigration detention. It includes...
Other
Desk Reference to u.s. Commercial Immigration
This is an overview of immigration issues employers are more than likely going to face. This summary is very broad and does not cover all aspects of each issue.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Goodman, Writing u.s. Immigration History on the Other Side of the World
This article is written by a doctoral student of American foreign relations and immigration policy who doing research in Cameroon, Africa. In 1990, just 3000 Cameroonian immigrants resided in the United States. Today the number has...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Alison Clark Efford, in the Trump Era, Supporting Our Immigrants
This article focuses on how to support immigrants and international students in the current anti-immigration climate. Two authors discuss their work: "Abrazando El Espiritu: Bracero Families Confront the US-Mexico Border" by Ana Rosas...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Immigration
This is a collection of 24 Grade-Leveled texts (5-11) on the topic of Immigration. Most Americans can trace their ancestry back to immigrants coming to the New World. Learn about America's history of immigration, particularly during the...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Jeff Turner, "Mormonism, 'Asiatic' Polygamy, and Immigration Regulation"
This article focuses on immigration bans in American history including Teddy Roosevelt's ban on "anybody who believed in polygamy, promoted polygamy, or lived in a country that practiced polygamy." It discusses the Mormons and the Chinese.
Other
Legal Guide for Immigrants to Maine
Comprehensive but easily understood legal guide for noncitizens in Spanish and English. Though directed to immigrants to Maine, the basic principles apply to immigrants to any state in the United States.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Lesson Plan
This lesson plan for the Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today interactive online unit exposes students to the unique contributions of immigrants to American history and culture.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Pierce: The American Franchise
Read about the political party leanings of immigrants in the 1850s and the backlash against immigrants as reflected in political platforms.
University of California
University of California, Berkeley: Immigration From Mexico
This article explores how immigration from Mexico has both helped and hurt the American economy.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Rallying for Rights
April, 2006, report depicting the controversy over the stalled Congressional immigration laws. There is major disagreement over immigration in the United States. Video, audio, and text of this report are available.
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