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Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Pennsylvania Colony: The Holy Experiment [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the people who founded the Pennsylvania colony and the role that religion played in shaping it. Includes background information for the teacher. Students explore primary resource readings on the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Fortune Hunter by David Graham Phillips
This is the full text of the novel The Fortune Hunter by David Graham Phillips, a turn-of-the-century novella set against the backdrop of the German immigrant community of New York.
A&E Television
History.com: The Life of Lou Gehrig
Find out more about the legendary first baseman. Born Henry Louis Gehrig in New York City on June 19, 1903, the future sports icon was the son of German immigrants.
Digital History
Digital History: American Catholics
The American Catholic church expanded rapidly due to the immigration of the Irish and Germans. Read about the prejudice against the church based mainly on the backlash to the immigration of "others." See also how the Catholic church took...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
This is a wonderful comprehensive resource for German-born American painter, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Explore the hyperlinks to Leutze's most important works with images, biographies, articles on the artist, and other sites related to...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Golden Spike National Historic Site
This resource provides information about the first transcontinental railroad, which was built by nearly 30,000 Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese laborers.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Know Nothing Party
The Know-Nothing Party, a semi-secret political party from the mid-1800's, is explained in this report. The party lasted only a brief time, for its main purpose was to curb immigration and naturalization led by fear that the German and...
Other
Bethlehem Digital History Project
Provides online access to digitized primary source materials, transcriptions, translations and contextual information relating to the early history of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741 - 1844.
Other
Frye Art Museum
Charles and Emma Frye rose to prominence in Seattle's business community in the late 1800s. This museum was established from the Fryes's extensive personal collection of over 230 works of art. "In the belief that art should be accessible...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Julius Schmid
Once an impoverished German-Jewish immigrant, Julius Schmid became known as the king of condoms by selling reliable modern contraception and making millions in the process.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Franz Sigel
Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 - August 21, 1902) was a German military officer and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War.