Immigration
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Immigration History
 This feature presentation introduces teachers and students to the topic of Immigration. In this section, the introduction, you will find an overview of the feature, a guide to navigation, and credits.  This site was built by high school students in New York City  The Urban Log CabinOver ten thousand people lived at 97 Orchard Street between the years 1870 and 1915. From WNET, a PBS television station in New York CIty America.gov - Telling America's Story
U.S. State Department  Highly detailed site with information about many ethnic groups. 
Another Virtual Tour from UEN Hasia Diner, "Immigration and U.S. History", eJournal USA, February 2008
usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0208/ijse/diner.htm  About the hisory of Immigration. From the US state department. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service - Populating a Nation: A History of Immigration and
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/about/history/ins_history.xml  Immigration History from the US dept. of Homeland Security. Ellis Island
 Statue of Liberty TeacherTube - A Virtual Voyage to Ellis Island
www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2682d47...  Amazing short video on Ellis Island!  From the History Channel  From Scholastic  This site was done by students! About Ellis Island.  Home of a private foundation that raises funds to preserve these sites.  National Park Service Site Immigration - Mexican
 PBS site on the history of US-Mexico Relations  Mexican American Voices. From an online history textbook. Mexican Americans - Overview, History, The mexican-american war and mexican immigration to the
www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Mexican-Americans... MEXICAN AMERICANS
Lots of detail - High Reading Level Immigration - Chinese
 A TV program from KQED Chinese Immigrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad. From an online history textbook. The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html  From the library of congress.  History of Chinese immigrants in California. From a professor at Assumption College.  California State Park Service Site about Angel Island Angel Island: Li Keng Wong's Story | Asian Pacific Amerian Heritage | Scholastic.com
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/asian-american/a...  From Scholastic Chinese Americans - Overview, History, Modern era, History of chinese immigration, Settlement
www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Chinese-Americans... CHINESE AMERICANS
Lots of detail - High Reading Level Vietnamese Immigrants
 Asian-Nation : Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues :: Vietnamese Americans
www.asian-nation.org/vietnamese.shtml  Lots of answers here My Journey Home . Andrew Lam . Vietnamese Diaspora | PBS
www.pbs.org/weta/myjourneyhome/andrew/andrew_diasp...  One immigrant's story - from PBS  Lots of info - High Reading Level  Tells where these immigrants have settled  This animated feature shows how they got here. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Vietnamese who found new lives
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4469739.stm  Vietnamese who found new lives Slavery and African Immigration
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html  From the Library of Congress Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Antebellum Maritime America
amistad.mysticseaport.org/main/welcome.html  From Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. African History: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080601a....
A nicely done personal page from About.com  From the National Juneteenth Register  Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and University of Virginia. Boarding a Slave-Shipprimary account - From a well-done personal site.  From Ibis Communications, Inc., a digital publisher of educational programming. Africans in America | Part 1 | Narrative | The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html  From WBGH African Americans - Overview, History, Modern era, The first africans in america
www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/African-Americans.... AFRICAN AMERICANS
Lots of detail, High Reading Level Vietnamese Americans - Overview, Early history, Modern era, Relations with vietnam, Significant
www.everyculture.com/multi/Sr-Z/Vietnamese-America...  Lots of detail - High Reading Level Immigration - Irish
 From Vassar College  An excellent personal pageAn  Beginning in 1845 and lasting for six years, the potato famine killed over a million men, women and children in Ireland and caused another million to flee the country.The History Place is a private, independent, Internet-only publication based in the Boston area that is not affiliated with any political group or organization. The Irish Potato Famine. From an online history textbook. Kevin Kenny, "Irish Immigrants in the United States, eJournal USA, February 2008
usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0208/ijse/kenny.htm From the US state department. Irish Americans - Overview, History, Irish emigration, Immigration until the famine years
www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Irish-Americans.h... IRISH AMERICANS
Lots of detail, High Reading Level Other Ethnic Groups
A personal webpage with lots of history (and lots of ads!) From The Center for Jewish History Teaching Heritage . Lesson Plans . Immigration to the Golden Land: Jewish Life in America | Thirteen
www.thirteen.org/edonline/teachingheritage/lessons...  WNET site on Jewish Immigration to NYC Immigration - Modern
 From PBS. About Modern Immigration.  From PBS. About Asylum Seekers  Another PBS program about modern immigrants. U.S. Border Patrol - Protecting Our Sovereign Borders - CBP.gov
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/about/history/bp_historcut.xml Official SIte of the US Border Patrol   Virtual Field Trip from Utah Education Network Primary Sources
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