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...
Harvard University
Harvard Univ. Library: Book of Instructions for Medical Inspection of Immigrants
This fascinating book from the Harvard University Library lays out the instructions for examining immigrants who entered the United States by way of Ellis Island. The book was published in 1903 per the instructions of the Surgeon-General.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Ellis Island History Facts
The history of Ellis Island is told through a series of short fun facts.
Other
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Family Histories
Follow the stories of six Americans with different backgrounds who wanted to know more about their ancestors' journeys to America and used immigration and genealogy records to complete their family histories.
Read Works
Read Works: Immigration Ellis Island: The Hunt for Alois Hanousek
[Free Registration/Login Required] An autobiographical account of a family looking for information about their great-grandfather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Ellis Island: Oyster Island
Before Ellis Island was an immigrant processing center, it was visited by Algonquin peoples to harvest the oyster beds, hence the name 'Oyster Island' which was given to it by the Dutch. Two other islands in the same area were also...
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Stories of Yesterday and Today
Meet a diverse group of people who have immigrated from various countries to the U.S. from the late 1800s through to today, including three kids new to the US since 2000. Includes lesson plans for different grade levels.
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.
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...
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: Immigration Lesson Plan
This lesson helps students compare and contrast the stories of immigrants from decades ago to those of recent immigrants. It also compares the differences between immigrants' experiences at Ellis Island and Angel Island.
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.
Other
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.
Library of Congress
Loc: Italian Immigration
Excellent discourse on the arrival of the Italian immigrants. Discussion includes reasons for the immigration, their chosen places to stay once they passed through Ellis Island, and their trials in a new land.
Other
The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation:the Peopling of America: 1930 1965
This page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States between 1930-1965.
Other
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: The Peopling of America Timeline
A history of immigration timeline, which discusses and illustrates periods of U.S. immigration history, pre-1790 through 2000.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Immigration
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of immigration in the United States.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration Lesson Plan
This lesson plan for the Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today interactive online unit exposes middle schoolers to the unique contributions of immigrants to American history and culture.
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.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Immigration and Americanization, 1880 1930
The sources in this set of primary documents allow users to immerse themselves in the debates that surrounded turn-of-the-century immigration and to consider the nature of Americanization. Includes teachers guide.
CommonLit
Common Lit: America's Shifting Views on Immigration
A learning module that begins with "America's Shifting Views on Immigration" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The New Americans (Lessons on the Immigrant Experience)
Find eleven lesson plans developed in conjunction with the PBS documentary "The New Americans," which explores what it means to be a new Americans in the twenty-first century. Lessons touch on topics associated with recently arrived...
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Immigration
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Immigration.