Immigration Boom
Countries to Research:
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Canada
Ireland
Jewish Immigrants
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China
Italy
Mexico
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Germany
Japan
Poland
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Russia
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Scandinavia
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General:
"Immigration to the United States." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Immigrants in the Progressive and New Eras." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Immigration to the United States." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/. Accessed 10 May 2017.
- This short article introduces general resources and obstacles immigrants arriving before 1900 faced.
"Immigrants in the Progressive and New Eras." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/. Accessed 10 May 2017.
- This short article introduces big ideas about resources and obstacles immigrants faced between 1900 and 1929.
Canada:
"French Canadian Textile Worker." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/textile.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Henry Boucher, French Canadian Textile Worker." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/boucher.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Steve Comeau, French Canadian Immigrant." Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/comeau.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"French Canadian Textile Worker." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/textile.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Henry Boucher, French Canadian Textile Worker." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/boucher.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Steve Comeau, French Canadian Immigrant." Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/comeau.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
China:
"Chinese Immigration to the United States." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/chinimms/. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Struggling for Work." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Intolerance." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese4.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Legislative Harassment." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese5.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Exclusion." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Building Communities." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Taking Care of Our Own." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese8.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Growth and Inclusion." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese9.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Chinese Immigration to the United States." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/chinimms/. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Struggling for Work." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Intolerance." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese4.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Legislative Harassment." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese5.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Exclusion." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Building Communities." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Taking Care of Our Own." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese8.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Growth and Inclusion." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/chinese9.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Germany:
"German Immigrants in Texas." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/german.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Urban Germans." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/german6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Shadows of War." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/german8.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Kudrna Family." National Park Service, www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/stories_kudrna.htm. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"German Immigrants in Texas." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/german.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Urban Germans." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/german6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Shadows of War." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/german8.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Kudrna Family." National Park Service, www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/stories_kudrna.htm. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Ireland:
"Adoption and Assimilation." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Joining the Workforce." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish4.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Religious Conflict and Discrimination." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish5.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Irish Identity, Influence and Opportunity." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Adoption and Assimilation." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Joining the Workforce." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish4.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Religious Conflict and Discrimination." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish5.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Irish Identity, Influence and Opportunity." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Italy:
"An Interview with Roland Damiani." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/damiani.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Tenements and Toil." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Working across the Country." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Under Attack." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian8.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Sicurella Family." National Park Service, www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/stories_sicurella.htm. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"An Interview with Roland Damiani." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/damiani.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Tenements and Toil." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Working across the Country." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Under Attack." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian8.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Sicurella Family." National Park Service, www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/stories_sicurella.htm. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Japan:
"The Issei: Early Japanese Immigration." Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, 2013, www.heartmountain.org/comingtoamerica.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The U.S. Mainland: Growth and Resistance." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/japanese3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Immigration." A More Perfect Union: Japanese-Americans & the U.S. Constitution, National Museum of American History, amhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/non-flash/immigration_main.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The Issei: Early Japanese Immigration." Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, 2013, www.heartmountain.org/comingtoamerica.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The U.S. Mainland: Growth and Resistance." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/japanese3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Immigration." A More Perfect Union: Japanese-Americans & the U.S. Constitution, National Museum of American History, amhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/non-flash/immigration_main.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
- Check out all four of the links on this page for information about resources and obstacles Japanese immigrants faced.
Jewish Immigrants:
"From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-century.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"A People at Risk." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish5.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The Lower East Side." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-century.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
- This online exhibit from the Library of Congress showcases objects that reveal both the resources and obstacles Jewish immigrants faced. You do not have to read every word, but you may have to use critical thinking. Skim through the objects and think about how they represent conditions that either helped or challenged Jewish immigrants.
"A People at Risk." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish5.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
- The second half of this article describes resources and obstacles Jewish immigrants faced.
"The Lower East Side." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish6.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Mexico:
"Mexican Identity: Juana Gallegos's Story." America on the Move, National Museum of American History, amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_51_3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Gamio, Manuel. "A Mexican Immigrant Describes Her Work in Los Angeles." HERB: Resources for Teachers, City University of New York, herb.ashp.cuny.edu/exhibits/show/mexican-immigration/item/2551. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Evans, Raymond O. "The Americanese Wall, as Congressman Burnett Would Build It." HERB: Resources for Teachers, City University of New York, herb.ashp.cuny.edu/exhibits/show/mexican-immigration/item/2301. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Mexican Identity: Juana Gallegos's Story." America on the Move, National Museum of American History, amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_51_3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Gamio, Manuel. "A Mexican Immigrant Describes Her Work in Los Angeles." HERB: Resources for Teachers, City University of New York, herb.ashp.cuny.edu/exhibits/show/mexican-immigration/item/2551. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Evans, Raymond O. "The Americanese Wall, as Congressman Burnett Would Build It." HERB: Resources for Teachers, City University of New York, herb.ashp.cuny.edu/exhibits/show/mexican-immigration/item/2301. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Poland:
"Adam Laboda, Polish Textile Worker." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/laboda.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Louis T. 'I Sell Fish.'" Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/louist.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Immigrating to America, 1905." Eyewitness to History, Ibis Communications, 2005, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/immigrating.htm. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"A Nation of Polonia." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish4.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Adam Laboda, Polish Textile Worker." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/laboda.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Louis T. 'I Sell Fish.'" Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/louist.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Immigrating to America, 1905." Eyewitness to History, Ibis Communications, 2005, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/immigrating.htm. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"A Nation of Polonia." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish4.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Russia:
"The Saranoff Family Embraces America." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/saranoff.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Russian Beginnings." Library of Congress, . www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish2.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Soviet Exiles." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The Saranoff Family Embraces America." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/immigrnt/saranoff.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Russian Beginnings." Library of Congress, . www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish2.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Soviet Exiles." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/polish3.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
Scandinavia:
"Recollections of a Norwegian Immigrant." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/ueland.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The Swedes." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/scandinavian2.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Scandinavian America." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/scandinavian7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Home, Home on the Plains (North Dakota)." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/plains.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Recollections of a Norwegian Immigrant." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/ueland.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"The Swedes." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/scandinavian2.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Scandinavian America." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/scandinavian7.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
"Home, Home on the Plains (North Dakota)." Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/plains.html. Accessed 10 May 2017.
- This page primarily presents information through pictures instead of words. It shows how immigrants from Scandinavian countries (like Norway, Sweden and Finland) used an unusual resource to build houses in the American Midwest.