Immigrant History Resources from Other Organizations

On this page, we've compiled some helpful resources for teaching and learning about immigrant narratives. We hope they bring new knowledge to your homes, classrooms, and communities. ​Last updated 02/26/2020.

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The Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project​
  • Audience: Researchers, teachers
  • Areas of History: Chinese American history during the construction of the transcontinental railroad
  • Description: Digital archive of primary sources and multimedia resources, including lesson plans, on the lives of 19th century Chinese railroad workers 

The Orange Story on Japanese American History
  • Audience: Students
  • Areas of History: Japanese American history during WWII
  • Description: Interactive multimedia experience that uses film and audio to teach students about Executive Order 9066 and the Japanese concentration camps during WWII
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Densho: Resources Guide
  • Audience: Students, teachers
  • Areas of History: Japanese American history during WWII
  • Description: Digital archive of testimony from survivors who had been incarcerated in the Japanese American concentration camps during WWI

Hindus Too Brunette to Vote Here, from the South Asian American Digital Archive
  • Audience: Students, teachers
  • Areas of History: South Asian American history in the early 20th century
  • Description: A five-part educational series on the lead-up and impact of U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind, a landmark Supreme Court case denying citizenship to people deemed non-white

ChangeLab: A Different Asian American Timeline​
  • Audience: Students, teachers
  • Areas of History: Asian American history with a focus on American imperialism from 15th to 20th century 
  • Description: Series of five timelines that examine broader relationships of imperialism, capitalism, race, and migration in American history, from 1441 to the present. 

Pacific Link: KQED Asian Education Initiatives​​
  • Audience: Students, teachers
  • Areas of History: Asian American immigration in the late 19th and early 20th century
  • Description: Background information, timelines, and short lesson plans focused on Asian American immigration, especially through Angel Island 

​​University of Texas at Austin, Teach Immigration History
  • Audience: Students, teachers
  • Areas of History: American legal history on immigration 
  • Description: Educational resources including lesson plans and timelines on the history of American immigration law and policy

Advancing Justice LA's Untold Civil Rights Stories
  • Audience: Students, teachers
  • Areas of History: Asian American civil rights leaders 
  • Description: Lesson plans from the published guide Untold Civil Rights Stories highlighting the contributions of Asian American leaders in the fight for civil rights and social justice
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