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Web-based Curriculum |
American Immigration: Information as to how immigrants were treated and why they decided to come to America, by the Academy Magnet School in New Jersey.
Ancestry Data Base: Find your family name.
Historical United States Census Data Browser: The data presented here describes the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1970, by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Immigration in the 1920's: Essays on Immigration written by Madison College Students with links to other sites.
Irish Immigration Site: Created as a resource for Irish Immigrants, by the Irish Immigration Center of Boston.
Virtual Wall of Honor: Search the Wall of Honor for names of families who arrived at Ellis Island
Bureau of Population: U.S. State Department statistics and facts.
Creating a Constitution: Documents from the Continental Congress, from the The Library of Congress.
Drafting the Documents: Chronology of events leading up to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
Immigration in American Memory: The American Memory collections offer rich and varied primary resources pertaining to immigration, from the The Library of Congress.
Library of Congress Topic Page: American Memory historical collections, contain documents, motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings about Immigration, from the The Library of Congress.
The United States Census Bureau: Use the Search button to find information from local areas regrading populations during a specified year.
United States Immigration and Naturalization Home Page: Information regarding laws of Naturalization.
Ellis Island: A virtual trip.
History Museum of San Francisco: Chinese Immigration to San Francisco
Tenement Museum: Over ten thousand people lived at 97 Orchard Street between the years 1870 and 1915. Read about the families that lived in this building and see inside their homes.
America Dreams: This WebQuest challenges you to investigate the American Dream, includes teacher resources and student lessons. The primary goal of this site is to provide students the genuine experience of oral history in order to appreciate the process of historiography. Library of Congress Site.
Irish Immigration Unit: Developed by TERC .The Irish Experience in Boston 1840 and The Immigrants' Experience Today.
Port of Entry: Port of Entry: Immigration is a sample lesson highlighting the immigrant experience in American life. Teachers guide students to assume the role of historical detective and travel back in time.
Get Ready to Go to Ellis Island: Online curriculum on Ellis Island. South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium.
| Mary Werlin Instructional Technology Specialist (K-5) Lexington Public Schools mwerlin@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us | Marielle Palombo, Associate Director FreshPond Education, Inc. mariellep@freshpond.com |
