The American Vision: Modern Times © 2010 Indiana Edition

Unit 2: The Birth of Modern America

Historical Thinking Activities

Tips on Library Searches:

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/search/new/help/

Internet Sources on Immigration:

Angel Island State Park
Immigration Station
http://www.angelisland.org/immigr02.html

Indiana Historical Society
An Introduction to Immigration History in Indiana
http://www.indianahistory.org/programming/immigration/

Library of Congress
Immigration to the United States, 1851–1900
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/immgnts/immgrnts.html

Library of Congress
Immigrants in the Progressive Era
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/immigrnt/immigrnt.html

Library of Congress
Selected Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, ca. 1880-1920
http://www.loc.gov/search/new/help/

National Park Service
Angel Island, 1846–1876
http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/angel-island.htm

National Park Service
Ellis Island
http://www.nps.gov/elis

New York Public Library
Ellis Island Photographs from the Collection of William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration, 1902-1913
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&collection_list=EllisIslandPhotograp&col_id=165

New York Public Library
Lewis Hine Portraits of Immigrants at Ellis Island
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=131034&word

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