Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Lesson Plan
This lesson helps students compare and contrast the stories of immigrants from decades ago to those of recent immigrants. It also compares the differences between immigrants' experiences at Ellis Island and Angel Island.
Math Science Nucleus
Math Science Nucleus: Maps as Tools
A series of lessons in which students learn about landforms. Includes interpreting landforms, creating landforms, and information on Angel Island.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Immigration
[Free Registration/Login Required] Immigration to the United States (Ellis Island and Angel Island) is explained beautifully by describing the interactions and contributions of the various peoples and cultures that have immigrated to the...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Teacher's Guide
Provided here is an interactive unit to help students discover the history of immigration in America and take an interactive tour of Ellis Island.
Curated OER
Immigrants Waiting to Be Processed.
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.
Curated OER
Immigration Station North Garrison
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.
Curated OER
Asian American Heritage: Li Keng Wong's Story
This Scholastic site features the fascinating story of former Angel Island detainee Li Keng Wong in her own words. There is also a transcript of an interview that took place in May,2003.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Asian Pacific American Heritage
Nice Scholastic site that looks at what it means to be an Asian Pacific American. Includes stories from Angel Island, Japanese Americans during WWII, and background on and interviews with notable Asian Americans.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Stories of Yesterday and Today
Meet a diverse group of people who have immigrated from various countries to the U.S. from the late 1800s through to today, including three kids new to the US since 2000. Includes lesson plans for different grade levels.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Immigrants/immigration
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around immigrants and immigration. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Chinese Experience in 19th Century: Exclusion: Chinese Perspectives
This lesson uses primary sources to take a look at the Chinese perspective on the issue of the Exclusion Act and the effects of prejudice and discrimination on the Chinese population in the United States in the late 19th century.
Library of Congress
Loc: Chinese Immigration
Excellent coverage of the Chinese immigration story. Begins with early dreams of gold, describes decades of struggle, and continues to contemporary Chinese American life.
California Digital Library
Loc: The Chinese in California 1850 1925
Excellent overview of the Chinese experience in California complete with historical photos and primary documents. Site provides information on San Francisco's Chinatown, the anti-Chinese Movement, and Chinese laborers.
PBS
Kqed: Russian American Immigration
A historic look at the earliest wave of Russian immigration to the United States, which began in the late nineteenth century and continued up to the passage of restrictive immigration laws in the 1920s. With details about how World War I...
PBS
Pacific Link: Immigration From Japan
An article about Japanese migration to the United States, from the 1880s through World War II, including reference to Japanese picture brides and Angel Island.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Immigration
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of immigration in the United States.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Lesson Plan
This lesson plan for the Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today interactive online unit exposes students to the unique contributions of immigrants to American history and culture.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Coming to America
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about immigration. Follow generations of immigrants as they traveled to the U.S. eager to start a new life.
Digital History
Digital History: The Huddled Masses
Links to information about immigration from 1890-1920 include the Statue of Liberty, the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese Immigration, kinds of migrants, etc.
Other
Mr coward.com: Dragonwings (Teacher Guide)
This teacher's guide to the Newbery Award-winning novel contains study questions, vocabulary words, projects, supplementary information, and much more.
PBS
Kqed: Immigration From China
A concise overview of the history of Chinese immigration to the U.S. including reference to important social and legal issues.
University of California
Ucla: Manas: British India
An overview of the British presence in India, 1600-1947, from university professor Vinay Lal. Includes links to related topics, such as the British East India Company, and to biographical details of many key figures from this period in...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Confict Res.
Students read picture books to explore the concepts of plot development and conflict resolution. They first learn about the connections between reading and writing, and then revise their own writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
eTravel Photos
Travel Photos From Venezuela, South America
A beautiful photo journal from Venezuela taken in 2003.
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