Based on research conducted by Arun and Daniel, we have put together these educational tools to help you better understand the vital role that immigration continues to play in New York City. They are categorized by websites, books, and films.

Websites

Click here for a first hand experience of Ellis Island
Click here for a Photo Tour of the Statue of Liberty
Click here for a unit study on Immigration the United States
Click here for tools ranging from maps to online courses on Immigration

Books

A Tenement Story by Stuart Miller
Low Life by Luc Sante
Once There Was a Village by Yuri Kapralov
War in the Neighborhood by Seth Tobocman
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Five Points by Tyler Anbinder
New Immigrants in New York by Nancy Foner
Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race by Philip Kasinitz

Films

El Super
The Chinatown Files
Combination Platter
Hester Street
La Ciudad ( The City )
Los Refugiados (The Refugees)
Marciela
My American Girls: A Domican Story
El Pueblo Se Levanta (The People are Rising)

 

 

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