• Freedman, R. (1992). Immigrant kids. New York: Scholastic.
• Hesse, K. (1993). Letters from Rifka. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.
• Lawlor, V. (1995). I was dreaming to come to America, Memories From the Ellis Island Oral History Project. New York: Puffin Books.
• Levine, E. (1993). If your name was changed at Ellis Island. New York: Scholastic.
• Sandler, M (1995). Immigrants: A Library of Congress book. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
• Stein, C. (1992). Ellis Island. New York: Children’s Press.
• Takaki, R. (1989). Strangers from a different shore. New York: Little Brown & Co.
• Stein, C. (1992). Ellis Island. New York: Children’s Press.
• Thompson, G. (1997). You are there: Immigrants coming to America. New York: Children’s Press.
• Young, D. (2000). Saving America’s treasures. Washington, D.C: National Geographic.

• Angel Island Association. (2001). A teacher's guide to Angel Island Immigration Station. Tiburon, CA: Angel Island Association.
• Chetin, H. (1982). Angel Island prisoner 1927. Berkeley, CA: New Seed Press.
• Lai, H. M. (1980). Island: Poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.
• McCunn, R. L. (1979). An illustrated history of Chinese in America. San Francisco: Design Enterprises.
• McCunn, R. L. (1988). Chinese American portraits. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988.
• Yung, J. (1986). Chinese women of America. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.
• Yung, J. (1982). Unbound feet: A social history of Chinese Women in San Francisco. Berkeley, CA: University of California Publisher.

• Ellis Island: The Immigrant Experience
  www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp*
  A Web site with two relevant areas—“The People of America” is an interactive timeline of the history of immigration to the United States, and “Family Histories” are family stories about immigration
• Scholastic Immigration
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/seymour/index.htm*
  The story of an immigrant’s journey from Poland
• Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture, & Hope
  http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/index.html*
  A WebQuest that explores the history of different immigrant groups
• The Second Wave: European Immigration from 1850-1920
  www.memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/european/wimmlink.html*
  An immigration resource page with links to many other Web sites
• 150 Years in Brooklyn: A Family History
  www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/7589/index.htm*
  A personal story of a family’s immigration experience
• Scholastic’s Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm*
  An audio, video, and pictorial tour of Ellis Island
• History Channel
  www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html*
  The History Channel’s online exhibit of Ellis Island  
• International Channel Ellis Island Overview
  http://old.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis/overview.html*
  The story of immigration through Ellis Island
• Interact Simulations
  www.highsmith.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Production/Search.jsp?catalogId=10050&storeId=10001&langId=-1&N=796*
  The immigration simulation, Gateway, is available from Interact Simulations

• Angel Island Immigration
  www.angelisland.org*
  Historical and current information about Angel Island
• Angel Island Poetry and Photographs
  www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/angel/angel.htm*
  Information about the poems found on the walls of Angel Island
• Angel Island Immigration History
  www.angel-island.com/history.html*
  Stories from immigrants who were detained at Angel Island

• Internet connection for persona research

• Multimedia software for creating slideshow presentation
• Encyclopedia on CD-ROM for research

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