Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Cprr Photographic History Museum: Fusang: The Chinese Who Built America
Provides excerpts from "Fusang: The Chinese Who Built America: The Chinese Railroad Men" by Stan Steiner. Describes how the Chinese contributed to the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience: 19th Century American Ideas
The activities in this lesson explore the treatment of the Chinese in the 19th century and the role the media played in shaping people's response to the Chinese community.
Other
Angel Island: Immigrant Journeys of Chinese Americans
This informational home page of photographer Lydia Lum provides a good source of information on Chinese American immigrants who came through Angel Island. This site includes interviews and quotes from former Angel Island detainees....
California Digital Library
Library of Congress: The Chinese in California
Learn about the immigration of the Chinese people to California through primary source documents and images. Understand the tensions and issues that arose as the immigration continued from 1850-1925.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: The Immigrant Experience: Down the Rabbit Hole
Through a series of six activities, students read about, connect to, and draw conclusions about the immigrant experience, via personal experience and a collection of resources, including Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," oral...
Other
Cyark: Angel Island Immigration Station
From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island Immigration Center in California functioned as a detention center for people immigrating to the United States through the West Coast. You can learn about this National Historic Landmark here through an...
Other
The History of the Chinese in Canada
This site gives an overview of the history of Chinese immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs. One section is devoted to the life of Jean Lumb who became a leader in the Chinese community. Another section describes...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Chinese Settlement
A fascinating, authoritative look at the settlement of Alberta by Chinese people. Includes a good collection of links.
Other
Paul Yee: 'Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "Tales from Gold Mountain", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the experiences of Chinese immigrants to...
Other
Penguin Group Canada: Our Canadian Girl: Emily (Teacher Guide) [Pdf]
This teacher's guide accompanies 'Emily: Across the James Bay Bridge', one in the Our Canadian Girl series. The novel looks at the experiences of Chinese immigrants in the early 1900s.
Other
Paul Yee: 'The Curses of Third Uncle' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "The Curses of Third Uncle" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the difficulties faced by early Chinese immigrants and...
University of California
History Project: Debate Over the California Constitutional Convention, 1878 1879
Lesson on immigration, conflict and nativism in which students examine primary source documents to evaluate public policy and attitudes towards Chinese immigrants in California, 1878-1879.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: The Woman Warrior
This lesson focuses on The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston, memoirs of her growing up as a child of Chinese immigrants. It features links to an excerpt of the text, and summaries and commentaries from Shmoop and Sparknotes. There...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Chinese Exclusion Acts
Definition and description of the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Changing Places
This is a mini-unit that helps young scholars explore immigration through many different resources. Students will learn about Chinese immigrants, and then investigate their own cultural heritages.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Chinese Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Chinese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Anti Chinese Movement of the 1800s
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Chinese Americans were seen as threats to American society during the 1800s. This Anti-Chinese movement was one of the earlier incidents of...
Harvard University
Harvard University Library: Open Collections: Immigration to the u.s.,1789 1930
Find books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, and manuscripts about immigration to the United States, principally nineteenth-century immigration. With a timeline of key dates in U.S. immigration history and a browsable list of search themes...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Immigration 2
A learning module on American immigration policy that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the debate over immigration...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Jeff Turner, "Mormonism, 'Asiatic' Polygamy, and Immigration Regulation"
This article focuses on immigration bans in American history including Teddy Roosevelt's ban on "anybody who believed in polygamy, promoted polygamy, or lived in a country that practiced polygamy." It discusses the Mormons and the Chinese.
Oakland Museum of California
California's Untold Stories: Natives and Immigrants
This site provides a tour through the history of natives and immigrants to the California Gold Rush area, including African American, California Indian, Chinese, and Latino.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Raymond Pun, Making General Tso Halal: Eating at Chinese Muslim Restaurant
This article focuses on Chinese Muslims in the US. It looks at two Chinese restaurants in Queens New York and their menus.
Other
Asia/canada: Meeting of Cultures
Asians immigrants have had to battle hardship and prejudice to make new lives for themselves in Canada. That path is described here as well as the defining moments that politicized Chinese Canadians and acted as catalysts towards...
University of California
Bancroft Library: Anti Chinese Movement and Chinese Exclusion
Describes the discrimination, racism, and exclusion that the Chinese experienced from their arrival in the United States during the Gold Rush. Anti-Chinese legislation was also a factor in their experience. Links to primary resources at...