We Are Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

Through letters, diaries, and oral histories, WE ARE AMERICANS profiles the often challenging but ultimately rewarding experiences of US immigrants during the last 20,000 years. Every child will find... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439162971
• ISBN13: 9780439162975
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

An excellent resource for a study of immigration

We Are Americans is a coffee table book for the classroom, presenting the history of American immigration chronologically, from the new theories of prehistoric immigration to the groups arriving in the present day. Using archival images, artifacts, data charts, and personal narratives, the book explores the factors responsible for immigration, the hopes of immigrants, the hardships of the journey, and adjustments to a new culture, as well as the contributions these new Americans made to our nation. While they learn about the groups and individuals from every culture and continent that formed our country, students will find connections to their own immigration history. This well researched and well produced book offers a detailed index and a further reading list, and is an excellent resource for a study of immigration.

Young Immigrants Featured Review

The Fire Escape normally doesn't review non-fiction, but I had to bring this chronological story of America to your attention. If you're looking for one "textbook" to teach upper elementary or middle school students about immigration in America, the Hooblers have provided it. The book begins with speculation about immigration in prehistoric times and ends with an overview of what's happening today. Kids and adults alike will enjoy the stories, letters, and photos of immigrants who recount their own stories. As the jacket flap puts it, "Every child will find an ancestor or a contemporary in this moving story of the immigrant experience." I couldn't put it down, and especially liked the "people movement" take on American history.