Essay / Village to City
My Grandfather's Search for Gold Mountain
From a small southern Chinese village to metropolitan Chicago: my grandfather's search for Gold Mountain.
For US Immigration History, students have collected oral histories about their families’ migration stories. Using a template inspired by the University of Minnesota’s Immigration History Research Center’s Immigration Stories project,1 students have drawn on class themes and additional research to tell their family’s migration stories, each paired with a short clip of the interview itself.
The Stories
Essay / Sample Essay
Sample Essay: Leaving Home for Work
A placeholder essay showing how a family story about migrating for economic opportunity might be organized.
Essay / Sample Essay
Sample Essay: Building Community in a New Place
A placeholder essay showing how a family story about community, tradition, and settling in might be organized.
Essay / Sample Essay
Sample Essay: Fleeing Danger and Starting Over
A placeholder essay showing how a family story about leaving because of conflict and rebuilding across generations might be organized.
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“Making an Immigrant Story with immigrantstories.umn.edu Curriculum for College Instructors,” Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota. https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc/immigrant-stories ↩