This collection uses primary sources to explore early Chinese immigration to the United States.

Like Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants suffered harsh consequences due to relentless westward expansion by whites in the nineteenth century.

From Joy Hakim's marvelous set of books, A History of US, this webisode offers narrative, pictures, and teaching guides for the settling of the West after the Civil War.

This lesson focuses on The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston, memoirs of her growing up as a child of Chinese immigrants. It features links to an excerpt of the text, and summaries and commentaries from Shmoop and Sparknotes. There...

Read about the new wave of immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century. See differences between these groups of immigrants and those who came earlier. Find out where immigrants settled, and read about those who did not...

Group portrait of three Chinese children standing in a room in Chicago, Illinois, each holding an American flag and a Chinese flag.

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...

The gold rush in California accelerated the western migration of thousands of young American men, who streamed into California to find riches. See who else arrived in California and find out what they did. In addition, there is a map...