Ellis+Island

**ELLIS ISLAND**

NETS address with this activity: NETS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Students using the Scott Foresman Social Studies - Regions textbook will get a brief introduction to immigrants, immigration, and Ellis Island in Chapter 2. Afterwards, students will scaffold their knowledge with the following supplements.

Ellis Island Tour. [] History.com videos on Ellis Island media type="custom" key="12437598"Arrival at Ellis Island media type="custom" key="12437602"[|Passing the Medical Inspection at Ellis…] media type="custom" key="12437608"[| Ellis Island: Registering as an American Citizen] media type="custom" key="12437618"[| Immigrants Detained at Ellis Island] media type="custom" key="12437622"[| Immigrants Reunited With Loved Ones]

Time-Life photos from Ellis Island 1950.

On another day, the students will learn about Angel Island and do a compare and contrast, either in verbal discussion, written paragraph, Venn Diagram through Inspiration software or other means.

Student will learn more about Ellis Island in Chapter 5.

For those who do not have textbooks addressing immigrants, immigration, Ellis Island, and/or Angel Island, you could use the following: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/thismonth/immigration/index1.html http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Present.html <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">http://www.kidsdiscover.com/product/069/IMMIGRATION

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