From There to Here Se

From There to Here Se
Author: Barrett Kendall Publishing, Limited
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2000-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780789151544

Teaches critical thinking and focuses on the question "Should we keep America's immigration door open?" with selections by Emma Lazarus, Charles Osgood, Pat Mora, Toshiko Uchida, Nicholas Gage, Russell Freeman, and more. Literature & Thought Series.

The Immigrant Experience

The Immigrant Experience
Author: Maryse Jayasuriya
Publisher: Salem Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 9781682176924

In-depth critical discussions of a variety of voices, styles, and genres - Plus complimentary, unlimited online access to the full content of this great literary reference. This collection focuses on the variety of immigrant experiences that have been depicted in literary works and the techniques that immigrant writers have used in fiction and non-fiction. Essays deal with issues ranging from racism and discrimination to culture shock and homesickness, from necessary attempts at assimilation to anxiety about cultural loss and a struggle to prevent erasure. Other themes include balancing multiple identities across generations and the language of refugee literature.

We are Americans

We are Americans
Author: Dorothy Hoobler
Publisher: Scholastic Reference
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439162975

A history of immigration to America, from speculation about the earliest immigrants to the present day.

Ellis Island

Ellis Island
Author: Ivan Chermayeff
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN:

Explores the immigrant's experiences and their pilgrimage of hope.

Kids Like Me

Kids Like Me
Author: Terri Lapinsky
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2006-03-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1941176097

Whether fleeing the ravages of war or coming in search of opportunities, the story of immigration remains the principal narrative of our times. As our neighborhoods grow more diverse, a splendid variety of cultures, values and traditions become an important part of our classrooms and schools. In Kids Like Me, 26 personal narratives celebrate the experience of young people making a new home in a strange community-finding common ground as they make new friends, learn English, share their cultural identities, their challenges, successes and dreams. Kids Like Me provides a youthful perspective on the important themes of crossing cultures, immigration and citizenship and learning to appreciate differences. These stories are intended to foster intercultural awareness and sensitivity and encourage individual and community action to assist newcomers in their adjustment. While written to help youth understand their classmates and friends, Kids Like Me also includes discussion questions, self-directed activities and research ideas for teachers and other mentors that can be used in classrooms, youth clubs and community settings. Richly illustrated with photos and maps of each home country, the text presents countless opportunities to explore and understand different cultures and new friends. Young people who have come from all over the world share their stories and invite their new neighbors to see that in so many ways these kids are just like me.

Immigrant Experiences in North America

Immigrant Experiences in North America
Author: Harald Bauder
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1551307146

Immigration, settlement, and integration are vital issues in the twenty-first century—they propel economic development, transform cities and towns, shape political debate, and challenge established national identities. This original collection provides the first comprehensive introduction to the contemporary immigrant experience in both the United States and Canada by exploring national, regional, and metropolitan contexts. With essays by an interdisciplinary team of American and Canadian scholars, this volume explores major themes such as immigration policy; labour markets and the economy; gender; demographic and settlement patterns; health, well-being, and food security; education; and media. Each chapter includes instructive case examples, recommended further readings, links to web-based resources, and questions for critical thought. Engaging and accessible, Immigrant Experiences in North America will appeal to students and instructors across the social sciences, including geography, political science, sociology, policy studies, and urban and regional planning.

Immigrant Experiences

Immigrant Experiences
Author: Walter A. Ewing
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2018-08-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1538100517

Immigrant Experiences: Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here weaves together detailed historical and contemporary examples of immigration to the United States that move beyond hackneyed stereotypes about immigrants to give readers a fact-based understanding of why and how immigration occurs. Discussing immigration from the 1800s to today, Ewing explores the motivations, challenges, and triumphs of various immigrant groups, including the Irish, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese, and Indians. Tackling issues of discrimination and assimilation, this book looks at how immigrants have added to the American culture and way of life, and what to expect going forward.

America Border Culture Dreamer

America Border Culture Dreamer
Author: Wendy Ewald
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0316484970

First- and second-generation immigrants to the US from all around the world collaborate with renowned photographer Wendy Ewald to create a stunning, surprising catalog of their experiences from A to Z. In a unique collaboration with photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, eighteen immigrant teenagers create an alphabet defining their experiences in pictures and words. Wendy helped the teenagers pose for and design the photographs, interviewing them along the way about their own journeys and perspectives. America Border Culture Dreamer presents Wendy and the students' poignant and powerful images and definitions along with their personal stories of change, hardship, and hope. Created in a collaboration with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, this book casts a new light on the crucial, under-heard voices of teenage immigrants themselves, making a vital contribution to the timely national conversation about immigration in America.

Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash

Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash
Author: Tammy Pasterick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1647421926

It’s Pittsburgh, 1910—the golden age of steel in the land of opportunity. Eastern European immigrants Janos and Karina Kovac should be prospering, but their American dream is fading faster than the colors on the sun-drenched flag of their adopted country. Janos is exhausted from a decade of twelve-hour shifts, seven days per week, at the local mill. Karina, meanwhile, thinks she has found an escape from their run-down ethnic neighborhood in the modern home of a mill manager—until she discovers she is expected to perform the duties of both housekeeper and mistress. Though she resents her employer’s advances, they are more tolerable than being groped by drunks at the town’s boarding house. When Janos witnesses a gruesome accident at his furnace on the same day Karina learns she will lose her job, the Kovac family begins to unravel. Janos learns there are people at the mill who pose a greater risk to his life than the work itself, while Karina—panicked by the thought of returning to work at the boarding house—becomes unhinged and wreaks a path of destruction so wide that her children are swept up in the storm. In the aftermath, Janos must rebuild his shattered family with the help of an unlikely ally. Impeccably researched and deeply human, Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash delivers a timeless message about mental illness while paying tribute to the sacrifices America’s immigrant ancestors made.

I Begin My Life All Over

I Begin My Life All Over
Author: Lillian Faderman
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1999-04-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780807072356

I Begin My Life All Over is an oral history of 36 real-life strangers in a strange land, an intimate study of the immigrant experience in contemporary America.