By Wendy Petersen-Biorn It all started with a quilt. Carver County Historical Society library researcher Marlene Magnuson attended a program by Ann Zemke, who used quilts to tell the story of her ...

In the 1830s, more and more immigrants arrived in cities on the East Coast. The influx of immigrants led to a surge in child homelessness, particularly in New York. Thus began the Orphan Train ...

The Orphan Trains follows the story of the New York ... Have students research the history of foster care in the United States. Ask them to consider how changes in this system have reflected ...

In “The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood ... that proliferated in the 19th century to the “orphan trains” that shipped children from Eastern urban ...

Orphan Train follows a spirited group of orphans as they embark upon the greatest adventure of their young lives. Some will find comfort and fulfillment of dreams, others misery and danger worse ...