Immigration and Migration

Essays

Detail from a World War I poster. (GLC09522)

Why Immigration Matters

Author: Thomas Kessner Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
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Featured Primary Sources

Posting bond for manumission of a slave, May 5, 1757 (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

A bond for the manumission of a slave, 1757

Creator: Philip Livingston Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Letter from John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman, June 4, 1907. (GLC03921.21p1)

A former Confederate officer on slavery and the Civil War, 1907

Creator: John S. Mosby Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Rufus King. Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United Sta

A Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise, 1819

Creator: Rufus King Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
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Multimedia

Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America

Immigration Since 1965

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Teaching Resources

Immigration in America, Ku Klux Klan membership: 1840-1940

Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Human Meaning of Migration

Curriculum Subjects: World History Grade Levels: 13+

The Language of Cultural Mixture and Persistence

Curriculum Subjects: World History Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12
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