PBS
Pbs: Documents on Anti Chinese Immigration Policy
From the Archives of the West Series this site shows the texts of the Chinese Exclusion Treaty of 1880 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Library of Congress
Loc: Chinese Immigration to the United States, 1851 1900
Through the use of primary source documents, learn about Chinese immigration in the late 19th century and what led to the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Chinese Experience in 19th Century: Exclusion: Chinese Perspectives
This lesson uses primary sources to take a look at the Chinese perspective on the issue of the Exclusion Act and the effects of prejudice and discrimination on the Chinese population in the United States in the late 19th century.
Harvard University
Open Collections Program: Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Read about the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, and what led up to the enactment of that law.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience: Chinese Exclusion
This lesson plan is from a larger unit examining the Chinese immigrant experience in America in the 19th century. Young scholars will examine actions that were taken to discriminate against the Chinese and exclude them from American...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Affidavit and Flyers: Chinese Boycott Case
A lesson plan that includes a history of Chinese labor in America and pertinent historical documents and analysis sheets about the Chinese Boycott Case.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Angel Island Poetry
Excellent site from the University of Illinois that provides the themes and the poetry of Asian detainees held on Angel Island. Site also includes an Asian American History Timeline, text of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, Angel Island...
Harvard University
Harvard University Library: Open Collections: Immigration to the u.s.,1789 1930
Find books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, and manuscripts about immigration to the United States, principally nineteenth-century immigration. With a timeline of key dates in U.S. immigration history and a browsable list of search themes...
Library of Congress
Loc: Chinese Immigration to the Us, 1851 1900
A collection of primary source documents giving historical evidence regarding the immigration of Chinese into the U.S. and the feelings of the government and the other settlers about it.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Early Chinese Immigration to the Us
This collection uses primary sources to explore early Chinese immigration to the United States.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Chinese Experience in 19th Century America
Extensive multi-instructional activity teaching unit focuses on the Chinese immigrant experience in the late 19th century.
US Department of State
Iip Digital: The Immigration Act of 1965
A look at the Immigration Act signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965, the ramifications of the law, and the background of immigration law and quotas over several decades of American history.
Other
Cet: Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
This site from the Center for Educational Telecommunications provides the document of the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943. The document is not too long in length, but is a little hard to understand, so a background knowledge of the...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? [Pdf]
A lesson plan, with printable activity sheets, from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US." Designed to help learners examine the anti-immigrant sentiment that led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and...
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...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Early Chinese Immigration to the Us
This set of resources provides photos, documents, and oral histories that help tell the story of this early period of Chinese immigration to the United States. Teaching guide included.
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco:japanese and Korean Exclusion League
Documents from 1905-1906 recording the actions of this anti-Asian San Francisco labor group.
Stanford University
Stanford Magazine: Angel Island: Breaking the Silence
This article is about Katherine Toy, who is in charge of restoring the barracks at Angel Island. This story also discusses the plight of Chinese immigrants once they reach American shores and their poetry written on the walls of the...
Harvard University
Open Collections Program: Immigration to the United States, 1789 1930: Timeline
A broad look at immigration policy, its changes, and the numbers of immigrants arriving in the United States from its beginnings until 1940. Included are hyperlinks to primary sources related to the topic in the Harvard University Library.
Digital History
Digital History: The Huddled Masses
Links to information about immigration from 1890-1920 include the Statue of Liberty, the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese Immigration, kinds of migrants, etc.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Immigration Through Angel Island
The sources in this primary set use documents and images to reveal the story of Asian immigration through Angel Island. Includes teaching guide.
Other
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
The Angel Island Foundation provides a history of the Immigration Station that was in operation from 1910 to 1940. Find information on the journey across the Pacific and conditions upon arriving at the Station.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Immigration 2
A learning module on American immigration policy that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the debate over immigration...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Immigration and Migration
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lengthy essay discussing the differing opinions about immigration and the role of immigrants in the United States in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Find out about the...