Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Ashley J. Bavery, "Borderlands in North America: A Selective Bibliography"
This Borderlands in North America bibliography supplements a historiographical essay published in the summer 2018 issue of the Immigration and Ethnic History Newsletter (available now to IEHS members and freely available online after a...
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...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Angel Island
Learn about the importance and impact of immigration to the building of the United States of America.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Family Cultural Traditions
In this activity, 2nd graders will identify family traditions.
University of Maryland
Umbc Center for History Education: Reshaping American Society
Using this history lab, learners 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.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Immigration and Citizenship in the United States, 1865 1924
Learning module looks at the role immigrarion has played in forming American national identity and ideals and how have Americans understood and debated the social impact of immigration. Primary source documents and questions for...
BBC
Bbc: Estados Unidos De America/united States of America
Review accurate and up to date statistics on the population of Hispanics in the United States. Click on the different states and find how Hispanics are becoming the number one minority in the United States.
BBC
Bbc: Introduccion
Get the latest statistical updates on the Hispanic presence in the United States. View the 2000-2100 year graph and compare the growth spurts over time. Also view the demographic breakdown of the states that have the greatest Hispanic...
iCivics
I Civics: Citizenship & Participation
Students will learn what it means to be a U.S. citizen, how citizenship is obtained, the rights and responsibilities of citizens, and community engagement.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Scams Against Immigrants
Article delves into scams that target immigrants and the immigration process.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Immigrants/immigration
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around immigrants and immigration. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Student will use primary and secondary sources to gain a richer understanding of women's activism and how the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire led to changes in labor and safety regulations in America.
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
This collection uses primary sources to explore Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior.
Other
Utah Division of State History: Teaching Utah With Primary Sources
"Our Past Their Present" offers primary source sets on Utah history topics such as Japanese Internment and Women during World War II. Created by the Utah Division of State History to meet Social Studies Core Standards.
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...
Other
Cyark: Angel Island Immigration Station
From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island Immigration Center in California functioned as a detention center for people immigrating to the United States through the West Coast. You can learn about this National Historic Landmark here through an...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The West, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Four nineteenth-century landscape paintings that suggest the meaning of the West in American life.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Progress, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Eighteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the industrial, racial, and technological progress of the late-nineteenth century.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Many Cultures Blend
Brief discussion of early immigration and its effect on the population of Colonial America between 1680 and 1775.
History Link
History Link: Anti Catholic American Protective Assc. Takes Control
An article about the American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic political organization, taking over the Seattle School Board.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Ellis Island Unit
The Ellis Island Unit focuses on immigration, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds. It will provide students opportunity to explore their individual heritage through primary and secondary research techniques and share the results of their...
Library of Congress
Loc: Interviews With Today's Immigrants
This site, part of a larger lesson plan about immigration from the Library of Congress, provides interviews that students had with immigrants from around the world.