immigration and emigration

The history of African Americans in the United States is one fraught with discrimination and immense brutality, but also with strength and a determined spirit. In this book, readers learn the history of African American migration in North America. Readers will understand the push/pull factors involved in African American migration from the South and into Northern cities and the cultural developments that followed. Topics such as slavery and segregation are explained. Historical photographs and primary sources encourage readers to visualize history.

When Hee Jun's father accepts a position at a law school in West Virginia, he and his family are uprooted from their home in Korea and find themselves completely lost in their new surroundings, but as Hee Jun slowly learns English and makes friends, he brings home a surprise that makes their new house feel like home.

Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Russian immigrants.

Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Muslim immigrants.

Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Chinese immigrants.

Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Catholic immigrants.

Readers will learn why Italian immigrants left Italy, where they settled in America once they arrived, and how they became one of the most influential cultures on American society.

A collection of digital photos, clip art, sounds, and audio/video clips.

A prayer shawl is handed down from grandfather to grandson in this story of Jewish tradition and the passage of generations.

Documents the story of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered the United States through New York's Lower East Side from 1880 to 1920, describing their struggles against poverty and their influence upon American society and culture.