Featured Resources

PBS’s Chinese Exclusion Act (chapter 1)

Analyzing Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Political Cartoons

This black and white image of Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island can be used in a lesson plan on the history of immigration to the United States.

Ellis Island: Island of Hope, Island of Tears

Moving Stories

Moving Stories In the Classroom

Educator Spotlight: Sara Ahmed, Teaching The Arrival

Names, Identity, and Immigration

Teaching Home

The Emma Lazarus Project

Educator Spotlight: Lauren Schultz

Resource Collection: World Refugee Day & Beyond

Collection: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month & Beyond

Italian Americans: Assilimilation

Wong Kim Ark, the 14th Amendment and Birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Irish Immigrants Write Home: The Curtis Family Letters

The Language of Immigration and Politics

Who gets to belong?: Legacies of Inclusion and Exclusion

Educator Spotlight: Talking Literature with Samira Ahmed

Scholar Spotlight: What Everyone Should Know about the Integration of Immigrants in the U.S.

Poetry from Angel Island

Classroom Resource – In-Motion: The African American Migration Experience

This black and white image of Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island can be used in a lesson plan on the history of immigration to the United States.

U.S. Immigration Statistics Over Time

Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration, and Belonging in a Changing World,

Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration, and Belonging in a Changing World

Identity and Belonging in a Changing Great Britain

Identity and Belonging in a Changing Great Britain

Learning in a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society, Carola Suárez-Orozco (Author), Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco (Author), Irina Todorova (Author) One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Very few will return to the country they barely remember. Who are they, and what America do they know? Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants. Richly told portraits of high and low achievers are packed with unexpected ironies. When they arrive, most children are full of optimism and a respect for education. But poor neighborhoods and dull–often dangerous–schools can corrode hopes. The vast majority learn English–but it is the English of video games and the neighborhood, not that of standardized tests. For some of these children, those heading off to college, America promises to be a land of dreams. These lucky ones have often benefited from caring mentors, supportive teachers, or savvy parents. For others, the first five years are marked by disappointments, frustrations, and disenchantment. How can we explain their varied academic journeys? The children of immigrants, here to stay, are the future–and how they adapt will determine the nature of America in the twenty-first century

Book: Learning in a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society

Waking in Oak Creek