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Resources
for Education on Ellis Island and Immigration
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Looking
for America (a short movie)
plays in Windows Media Player |
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Resources
for Projects
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The
Darker Side of Ellis Island
...NPR's story about the continued renovation of Ellis Island |
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Teacher
Resources
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History
Channel Exhibit: Ellis Island
...start here to learn about Ellis Island |
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Celebrating
Annie
Moore: First Irish Immigrant to Pass Through Ellis Island
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History,
Genealogy and Education
Resources for Teachers ...from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Research Questions |
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Lower
East Side Tenement Museum
...when they arrived how did they live? |
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Ellis
Island
....from the National Park Service |
History
of the Park
....from the National Park Service |
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Gateway
to Dreams
WebQuest
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42Explore
Topic: Immigration
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Immigration:
Angel Island
eTheme
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Education
World Lesson: Coming
to America: Immigration Builds a Nation
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American
Immigration Law Foundation: K-12 Teacher's Guide
Appreciating America's Heritage (2006) (pdf) ..new, free, twelve page resource for teachers on immigration Lesson and Resources K-12 |
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Scholastic's
Instructor Primary Sources Activity Unit
Immigration Then and Now ...sensible, manageable plan to help students relate the past to the present |
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Rise
of Industrial America (1876-1900)
...a look at immigration to various locations in the United States (1851-1900) |
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Media
Literacy
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Using
Historic Film as Primary Source
(Edison Motion Pictures) |
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Landing
at Ellis Island (9 July 1903)
2:20 at 15 fps (RealMedia, MPEG or QT formats) ...early film of immigrants arriving and embarking from the ferry onto the gangway and dock at Ellis Island |
Statue
of Liberty (3 Sept 1898)
0:48 at 15 fps (RealMedia, MPEG or QT formats) ...film of Lady Liberty where it was only 12 years old at three-quarter view |
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PBS:
New York: A Documentary Film
...resources to accompany the film |
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Internet
Archive: Immigration
...shocking and politically incorrect? |
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Using
Historical Documents as Primary Source
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Our
Immigrants At Ellis Island (1912)
...an exercise prepared for young people (pdf) |
The
Life and Times of Emma Goldman
... political cartoon, newspaper & biography |
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How
the Other Half Lives...
...hypertext book of study of tenement life |
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Using
Historical Photographs as Primary Source
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University
of California, Davis:
The History Project: Selected Images ...images of Castle Garden & Ellis Island |
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NYPL
Digital Gallery: Ellis
Island Photographs
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User
Contributed Wiki Resources
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Extraordinary Travelers Through Ellis Island
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Famous
Arrivals at Ellis Island
...extraordinary travelers Transcription Charts Celebrating Those Who Have Served America |
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Extended
Ideas
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Google
Local (Map) Ellis Island
...do your students know where Ellis Island is located? |
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The
Journal of Finn Reardon: Teacher's Guide
...life as a "newsie" in New York |
The
Diary of Anetka Kaminska: Teacher's Guide
.. life as a thirteen old arranged marriage bride |
