Explore the ways that immigrant women have transformed America socially, politically, and economically.

America is referred to as a "melting pot". View how we attained this label using the following map that shows patterns of immigration from 1820-2013. Included are charts that show the immigration "waves" by country from 1820-2013.

Immigration is a hot-button issue in today's world. Use these maps to separate fact from fiction and answer the following questions: how many migrants are there? Where are they coming from? And where are they going?

A table showing the numbers of immigrants to Israel listed by country of origin.

A colorful, interactive graph of immigration to the U.S. from 1820-2013. Graph lists up to 19 countries coded with color to create an interesting visual.

A collection of political cartoons from the 19th century by Thomas Nast. They provide insight into prevailing attitudes on Reconstruction, Chinese immigrants, Native Americans, slavery, and during the Gilded Era.

Excellent resource consists of a collection of maps, graphs and informational text on the demogrpahy of the U.S. explaining how America is a nation of immigrants.

Activity asking students to poll peers to investigate where they are from. Includes graphs of immigration patterns and corresponding questions.

A collection of twelve historical photographs showing immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and being processed.

This online museum features a digital archive. Students, and anyone around the United States, are encouraged to upload images of family objects and their stories. American immigration and migration are the foci for this archive.

An image is provided of "Gan Saam Meets El Dorado," which depicts the Chinese miners in California during the 1850s in search of gold.

This lesson will introduce immigration and emmigration, and explain the effects both can have on a community.

Americans at the turn of the century were alarmed about what they perceived as a change in the type of immigrants entering the United States. Some of the traits they saw as distinguishing the new immigrants from the old immigrants were...

This web page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States before 1790.

This page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States between 1820-1880.

This page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States between 1880-1930.

This page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States between 1930-1965.

In an effort to honor every life that has been lost on our borders, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos records the number of bodies that are recovered in the Sonoran Desert. View the map to read the names of those that died since 2000. Click...

This page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States between 1790-1820.

A collection of interactive visualizations that were produced through analysis of economic, political, and market research data. Topics are diverse, e.g., military spending and trade, immigration, consumer spending, crime, unemployment,...

Memories of Angel Island immigration station are sometimes bittersweet as the Station was designed to "Exclude new arrivals." Site provides the interesting history of this immigration station of the West.

Memories of Angel Island immigration station are sometimes bittersweet as the Station was designed to "Exclude new arrivals." Site provides the interesting history of this immigration station of the West.

Ellis Island Immigration Museum (New York)

Monument to the Immigrant (New Orleans)