1) The document discusses Ellis Island and the immigration process in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. It provides questions about average processing times, the percentage of US citizens who can trace ancestry to Ellis Island, the national origins of immigrants, and laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act that affected immigration policy.
2) The reader is directed to read further details about immigrant professions at Ellis Island, stories of individual immigrant families, and to research a cultural group represented to learn about events, foods and traditional clothing for a presentation.
3) The document provides tasks and questions to guide learning about the history of immigration through Ellis Island and the experiences of immigrants from different places who came to America during this period.
1. History Video
1) What is the average processing time of an immigrant once they get to Ellis Island?
2) What percentage of United States citizens can trace their ancestors to Ellis Island?
Read the information below the video and answer the correlating questions.
1) What countries did immigrants come from? Why did the immigrants come to America and
explain.
2) What year was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed? What was the Act? What are your thoughts on
the act?
2. 3) How were all records dating back to 1840 destroyed? Where was the immigration station
moved due to this disaster?
4) What was the Immigration Quota Act? What year was the Act created? Why was the Act
created?
5) What happens to Ellis Island in 1976?
6) Who was the first to arrive at Ellis Island? Where did she immigrate from? How old was she?
3. Article
Read the information on the homepage then click on people. Choose one profession and explain
what they did.
Once you have explored the professions of Ellis Island click on stories. Pick on family to read about and
summarize their experience.
4. Interactive Tour
Select a culture from the tour and research it further. Find information for role playing
Presentation:
1. Two big events that happened
2. Traditional Food
3. Traditional Clothing
