Message from egonzalez

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing those resources on the Chinese contribution to the Transcontinental Railroad. I found some additional resources I'd like to share. Teachinghistory.org offers helpful links with great primary sources. Two examples of this are links to the Central Pacific Railroad History Museum and The Library of Congress's American Memory Collection on the Chinese Westward Expansion.

I also found that many teachers utilize a book titled Coolies by Yin. According to scholastic.com the interest level is for grades Kinder-Second and it's written at a 3.8 grade level. Yet I found that many teachers of older students have read this book and found it to be successful. The website states that the book is inspired by actual events and that it reveals the harsh truth about the life of the Chinese railroad workers in 1865, while celebrating perseverance and bravery. I'm definitely going to check it out. If you'd like to learn more about the book, please click on the link I've attached.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/coolies#cart/cleanup