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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Carl Lindskoog, "Immigration Detention: A Selective Bibliography"

For Students 9th - 10th
This bibliography supplements an essay in the Summer 2019 issue of the Immigration and Ethnic History Newsletter. This list shows, scholars in an array of disciplines have shaped the historiography of immigration detention. It includes...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Jewish Immigration, Popular Culture, the Comic Book

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using primary source documents students look at Jewish immigration to the United states, popular culture of the time and the birth of the comic book.
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Kinsella Homepage: Irish Immigrants in America During the 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives insight into what life was like for Irish immigrants who came to America during the 19th century.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Immigration to Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource looks at Mormon immigration into the state of Utah during the 19th century.
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Harp Week

Harp Week: Immigrant and Ethnic America

For Students 9th - 10th
Website with detailed information from Harpers Weekly on various immigrant and ethnic groups that were a vital part of American culture during the second half of the 19th century. Page features the Chinese-American experience, 1857-1892.
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Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Bilingual Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at bilingual education in Chicago beginning with German immigrants in the 19th century. The bulk of the article deals with changes brought about by the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and its implementation in Chicago.
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Lehigh University: The Molly Maguires

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site compiled by a Lehigh University undergraduate student, regarding a secret mining organization known as the "Molly Maguires" who operated in the Pennsylvania coal mines during the latter part of the 19th century.

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