Immigration Research

Websites

European Immigration 1880-1920

·        Virtual Field Trip to Ellis Island

o   http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm

o   http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/ - stories

·        Immigration Simulation

o   http://www.tenement.org/immigrate/

·        Teacher Materials/Primary Sources

o   http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/immigration/

o   http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center/push-pull/letterstohome.html (Push and Pull factors from Polish immigrants – great sources for the autobiography day)

·        Ships for Immigrants

o   http://www.flora-and-sam.com/pages/ImmigrationShips.htm#susquehanna

·        My Immigration Story

o   http://myimmigrationstory.com/

Middle Passage – Forced Immigration 16^th century-19^th century

·        http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446

·        http://www.ushistory.org/us/6b.asp

·        http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html

·        Impact of Slavery: http://www.ushistory.org/us/12a.asp

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