American
History Online Spans more than 500 years of political,
military, social, and cultural history, highlighting
the important people and events of the American experience.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
WEB SITES
The
Immigrant Experience Family stories and a timeline from
From the American Family Immigration History Center
at Ellis Island.
Immigration An introduction through the American
Memory Collection of the Library of Congress. The
faces on the left side of the page are linked to information
on a specific country.
Migrations
in History "This site [from the Smithsonian
Institution] features the stories and artifacts of
migration--what happens when people move, what they
take with them, what they leave behind, and how they
make their new place home."
Ethnic
America Information from the Digital
History project at the University of Houston
on many different groups of people who came to live
in the U.S.
On
the Trail of the Immigrant A photo album based upon text
and pictures from a book, On the Trail of the Immigrant
by Edward A. Steiner, published in 1906.
Port
of Entry Be a historical detective and search
for clues to America's past by investigating photographs
and eyewitness accounts of immigrant life in America.
Peopling
North America An historical overview of migratory
movements, this tutorial focuses on diasporas to and
within Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the
Caribbean from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Becoming
American: The Chinese Experience "In every immigrant group,
each generation finds a balance between the values
and practices of its heritage, and the mores of its
adopted country" This Web site is the companion
to the PBS series of the same name.
The
Chinese in California, 1850-1925 Primary source materials illustrating
"nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese
immigration to California."
Separate
Lives, Broken Dreams The story of Chinese immigration
from the National Asian American Telecommunications
Association.
Irish
Potato Famine This very interesting interactive
exhibit requires Flash player.
Gypsies Information and history from the
Gypsy Lore Society.
Word
Factbook Information and a map for every
country in the world provided by the CIA.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password.