Immigration - United States

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center U.S. Immigration page. This page is part of the Social Studies page. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap.

See Asian American History for immigration related topics, as Angel Island


Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Immigration Laws

Timeline from Slippery Rock University
Immigration
Includes maps, such as U.S. Japanese internment camps, Harlem; graphs;
documents, pictures, laws; a glossary & bibliography.
Dr. Archdeacon's page, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Port of Entry: Immigration
Be an historical detective and search for clues to Americas's
past. From Library of Congress
Detroit Publishing Co.: Photographs
Photographs, 1880-1920. Use keyword search "immigration" for
pictures of Ellis Island, immigrants; from American Memory;
see The Learning Page for lesson plans
Immigration in American Memory
"The Growing Nation"; "The Great Surge"; "Immigration Today"
Who Really Built America?
Unit and lesson plans with supporting Internet resources.
From Library of Congress, American Memory Collection
Immigration History Research Center, U. of Minnesota
H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online
Discussion lists; book reviews; resources for educators; announcements
and job guides
Immigration and Immigrants
Principle facts & figures; policy content; from Urban Institute
National Museum of American History. Immigration Statistics
The Hart-Cellar Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965;
part of NMAH Sweatshop Exhibition
Ellis Island Home Page
Immigration, Ellis Island
A collection of images from Ellis Island, 1900-1920;
from UCR California Museum of Photography
Ellis Island
Excellent source of Internet based immigration sources;
past and present; lesson plans; Ellis Island resources;
from Elizabeth Miller, University of South Carolina
AAST/AEDT American Immigration Home Page
From Bergen County, NJ magnet schools

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