iCivics
I Civics: Immigration
A WebQuest on the history and process of immigration to the United States, and the reasons and forces that influence people's decisions to immigrate. Each page has a question to answer, and a link to a site with information specific to...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Stories of Yesterday and Today
Meet a diverse group of people who have immigrated from various countries to the U.S. from the late 1800s through to today, including three kids new to the US since 2000. Includes lesson plans for different grade levels.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
This practice exercise from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. The responses to mass immigration to the United States during the Gilded Age is reviewed in this resource. This resource is designed as a review for...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Immigrant Women and the American Experience
Explore the ways that immigrant women have transformed America socially, politically, and economically.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Ellis Island: Immigrant Stories
Read about the stories of eight different families who passed through the Ellis Island immigration processing station.
PBS
Pbs News Hours: Q&a: Calderon Visits u.s. With Security, Immigration in Mind
Shannon O'Neil, Latin American studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. answers questions posed by PBS about Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's visit to the United States. The Q & A covers a range of issues from...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Iehs Online: The Website of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
This is the website of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. It features blogs about the history of United States immigration, newsletters, Journal of American Ethnic History, and educational resources concerning the history of...
Other
Angel Island: Immigrant Journeys of Chinese Americans
This informational home page of photographer Lydia Lum provides a good source of information on Chinese American immigrants who came through Angel Island. This site includes interviews and quotes from former Angel Island detainees....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Welcome to All?
This lesson is designed to be taught after an introduction to immigration history or as a culminating activity. This is a hands-on, technology-based lesson that relates a student's individual immigration history to the boom of...
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: American Panorama: Foreign Born Population
Explore trends in immigration to the United States between 1850 and 2010 with this interactive map. Each year shows the numbers of people that were born in a foreign country, with the data being represented in multiple ways. Use the...
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan:immigration 2004
PBS presents a lesson plan for teachers to use to educate students on immigration to the United States which is a major issue in the election of 2004. Students can take a practice citizenship test to see if they can pass.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 3: The Growing Republic
This extensive learning module examines how the United States' efforts to increase foreign trade, add new territory, and isolate itself from Europe affected its foreign policy and other initiatives. It investigates how advances in...
Utah Education Network
Uen: I'm Going on an Immigration
Learn about the experience of being an immigrant.
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.
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.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Citizenship
This page gives background information on what a citizen is, and how people living in the United States become citizens.
USA Today
Migration Is a Two Way Street for Many Mexicans
This article describes Mexicans coming to work in the United States in order to make enough money to send to their families in Mexico, though many, as stated in the article, want to eventually return to Mexico.
Other
U.s. History Timeline: 1865 1900
A thumbnail look at the many things occurring in the United States in the last half half of the 19th century. The topics covered are Gilded Age Politics, the "New Imperialism," Industrial America, Growth of Labor, Urbanization,...
The Washington Post
Kids Post: Ellis Island, a Gateway to America, Marks 125 Years
New Year's Day 1892, Ellis Island became a significant entrance into the United States for immigrants coming from far and wide. January 1, 2017, marks the 125th year of the iconic New York island.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Puerto Rican Migration to the Us
This primary source set uses maps, documents, and photographs to tell the story of Puerto Rican migration to the United States.