Stave, Bruce M., John F. Sutherland, and Aldo Salerno. Maxwell Macmillen, 1994. The New American Immigrants . Storytelling in a Family's Past . The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880-1930 .
Family history is an interesting way to enrich students' understanding of immigration.
However, teachers should be sensitive to the special problems that may arise. Students from families divided by divorce, death, or other difficulties may also be extremely uncomfortable with such assignments. African American students whose ancestors were slaves and students whose ancestors were killed in the Holocaust may not be able to complete such an assignment without creating a great deal of trauma for themselves and their parents. Byers, Paula K., ed. African American Genealogical Sourcebook .