emigration and immigration

In 1934, twelve-year-old Kai leaves China to join his father in America, but first he must take a long sea voyage, then endure weeks of crowded conditions and harsh examinations on Angel Island, fearing that he or his new friend will be sent home.

In the 1840s, as the potato famine spreads throughout Ireland, thirteen-year-old Nora finds solace in the family's large wooden cupboard where she fantasizes of cakes and other good things, and, when her father decides that they should set sail for America, the old cupboard helps make her dreams come true.

Far from her Caribbean island birthplace, a young girl carries a dream and journeys to a new land that is at once puzzling, frightening, and inspiring. In 23 compelling poems, Jamaican-born poet Monica Gunning tells her immigrant's story with gentle humor, grace, and a child's sense of wonder.

Looks at the history of immigration, Japanese internment during World War II, and introduces some famous immigrants.

Explores the history of immigration in the U.S., discussing the processing of immigrants at Ellis Island, the lives of immigrants in New York City in the early twentieth century, refugees, and immigration laws.

A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.

Relates the experiences of a group of Jewish young people in the early twentieth century as they journey from their homes in Eastern Europe to the United States in search of a new life.

When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister.

To escape the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, twelve-year-old Annie and her brother emigrate to New York City where they join their older sister as servants, earning money to bring the rest of their family to America, where they discover that both food and hardships abound.

Presents primary sources and activity sheets to help teach fourth through eighth graders about immigration in America from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.