Find photographs, brief videos, and commentary about what loans from the Farm Security Administration meant to poor farmers during the Great Depression.

An excellent history from the University of Colorado of the creation of the United Farm Workers Association led by Cesar Chavez. Outlines the methods used by laborers to achieve better wages and working conditions, such as the boycott on...

This primary source set includes photographs, book excerpts, and documents that provide context for both events and themes in the novella. Includes teaching guide.

Ibiblio.org provides examples of Dorothea Lange's photography with commentary.

Here you will find web links that will provide information to enhance the book "Tomas and the Library Lady."

Read about how the fabric of the nation was changed during the Great Depression. See how the institutions of life--marriage, birth rates, education, public health--all saw disruption because of the compromised economy.

Site is a companion piece to a PBS special on a group of Mexican immigrants who live and work in America but send their money back home to Mexico.

A comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information about the movement of African Americans from the southern farmlands to the northern cities.

This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.

This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.

This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.

Comprehensive and well-developed site that provides a variety of information about migrant farm workers, working conditions and failed legislation to remedy the problems. Excellent resource.

"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...

The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities. The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile...

Site of the controversial 1857 massacre of migrants by Utah territorial militia.

NPR's Morning Edition chronicles the plight of Latino migrants who attempt to cross the border into the United States.

A broad selection of images featuring Cesar Chavez can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.

Most people in Central Florida came from somewhere else. Students first analyze life histories from American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 to learn oral history techniques. They then interview...

Laws are in place in each Canadian province and territory to ensure that the safety and health ofemployed youths are protected.