Second Grade: Immigration Selected Websites

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Selected Web Sites

Links to Selected Websites
Second Grade: Immigration History
- Topic: Timelines
	Click on The Peopling of America box for timeline: http://www.ellisisland.org/immexp/wseix_4_3.asp
	Landmarks in Immigration History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/immigration_chron.cfm
- Topic: Maps
	World Migrations http://www.ancestrybydna.com/welcome/whatisancestrybydna/migrationmap
- Topic: Background Resources
	Ship Manifests – Q & A user’s guide http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/imnat/guides/cimorelli.html
	Ship’s Manifests on the Web – Over 5,000 passenger lists are available on this amazing site. http://www.immigrantships.net/index2.html
	Indexed Links to Immigration Sites http://www.teacheroz.com/20thcent.htm#immigration
	Immigrant Photo Album http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/photo_album/photo_album.html
	Immigrant country of origin data – Immigration waves http://www.fairus.org/Research/Research.cfm?ID=1820&c=2&insearch=1821%20and%20-1995
	Ellis Island http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/ellisisle/ www.ellisisland.org An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island Students take a virtual tour of Ellis Island. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm
	Chinese immigration http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/chinese/index.html
	Northern Plains Immigrants http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/ngp/history.html (Scroll down for immigration.)
	World migrations http://smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/tiers/people/peoples.html
	Other Resources http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/immigration/ http://www.ihrc.umn.edu http://genealogy.about.com/cs/ports/index.htm
	Olive Tree Genealogy – Ship’s Passenger Lists http://olivetreegenealogy.com/