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The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Genealogy Learning Center
How did your family come to America? When did they arrive? Chances are, they came into America by boat through Ellis Island. Check here for suggestions to get your family history research going.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Coming to America: The Era of Mass Immigration
From 1865 to 1914, up to 25 million people immigrated to the United States. This tutorial examines their reasons for coming, where they came from, the Ellis Island processing center, and how they adapted to their new country. The...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Immigration
A learning module on immigrants who arrived in New York in the mid-1800s and early 1900s that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics...
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Ellis Island History
Provides a history of Ellis Island from its origins to when it became a national monument.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Ellis Island: Immigrant Stories
Read about the stories of eight different families who passed through the Ellis Island immigration processing station.
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State of New Jersey: New Jersey Regions
Site provides information about different regions within the state of New Jersey, such as Atlantic City, Delaware, Gateway, Shore, and Skylands. Specific details and attractions are described for each region.
The History Cat
The History Cat: History Trekker: Ellis Island: An Immigrant Story
Read about the difficult life of Jews in Russia under Czar Alexander III, one where they faced discrimination and Jewish communities were attacked when pogroms took place. Follow along as a Russian Jew travels to America and is processed...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Immigrants/immigration
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around immigrants and immigration. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Immigrant Women and the American Experience
Explore the ways that immigrant women have transformed America socially, politically, and economically.
Scholastic
Scholastic: An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
Brush up on immigration history while taking a virtual tour of the immigration station at Ellis Island. Listen to immigrants tell the fascinating story of their journey.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Ellis Island, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
This instructional activity examines seven Lewis Hine photographs of recently-arrived immigrants at Ellis Island.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Statue of Liberty
These lesson plans explore the symbolism behind the Statue of Liberty and include links to close-up photos of the statue. The final activity guides students in exploring symbols on their own and determining their meaning.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Ellis Island Unit
The Ellis Island Unit focuses on immigration, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds. It will provide students opportunity to explore their individual heritage through primary and secondary research techniques and share the results of their...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit
A great compilation of ideas to use when teaching about Ellis Island. Lists of resources, materials, and very detailed lessons are provided in an easy to follow and organized way.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Immigration Explorations
Students will take a virtual tour of the Ellis Island Museum and peruse some other websites in this fun activity. From the information they obtain, they will conduct group discussions and record their findings in chart form.
Library of Congress
Loc: Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, Ca. 1880 1920
A collection of twelve historical photographs showing immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and being processed.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Teacher's Guide
Provided here is an interactive unit to help students discover the history of immigration in America and take an interactive tour of Ellis Island.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: 1900s
Module with video and links to related resources on the early 1900s and the progress of a dawn of a new century.
Maps of Mexico
Virtual Picture Travel Map of New York
Click on New York and take a virtual tour of Manhattan. Visit places of interest such as Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and the Central Park Zoo. Uses popups.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Statues and Memorials: The Statue of Liberty
Here you can learn brief information about the Statue of Liberty located in New York, which is a national symbol of freedom.
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Nypl Digital Gallery
The New York Public Library has an extensive collection of photographs from Ellis Island on their site. Fifteen pages of images are provided here.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Immigration
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of immigration in the United States.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Ellis Island: Colonial and Early American New York 1609 1890
Provides an overview of the history of New York and of how the United States government came to acquire Ellis Island. Fort Gibson was built there prior to the War of 1812 to serve as a strategic post in case of attack.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Jewish Immigration, Popular Culture, the Comic Book
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using primary source documents students look at Jewish immigration to the United states, popular culture of the time and the birth of the comic book.