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OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GOOH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO44thth grade grade

Integrating Technology Integrating Technology Immigration Unit Immigration Unit

Interactive PresentationInteractive Presentation

Liz Wernig, M.ED Liz Wernig, M.ED

Mendon-UptonMendon-Upton

Lessons and Resources

www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/immigration/anationofimmigrants.htm

Images courtesy of the National Park Service/Ellis Island - http://photo.itc.nps.gov/storage/images/Images courtesy of the National Park Service/Ellis Island - http://photo.itc.nps.gov/storage/images/

INTRODUCTION TO UNITINTRODUCTION TO UNITSongs and BooksSongs and Books

•SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK – THE GREAT AMERICAN MELTING POT Song (http://www.school-house-rock.com/Grea.html )

•If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen Levine, published by Scholastic Inc., New York, 1993. Children discuss topics that are addressed in the book. Students will be relating stories about their own families

• Discussing Immigration: Including information such as the country they came from, the reason for immigrating to the United States, where they settled, a description of their journey to the United States, and what life was like when they first arrived.

Massachusetts Social Studies Massachusetts Social Studies StandardsStandards

Grade 4 Concepts and Skills CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT 4. Give examples of the major rights that immigrants have

acquired as citizens of the United States 5. Give examples of the different ways immigrants can

become citizens of the United States. Social Studies Standards – Grade 4

4.15 Describe the diverse nature of the American people by identifying the distinctive contributions to American culture of major European immigrant groups who have come to America, locating their countries of origin and where they tended to settle in large numbers (e.g., English, Germans, Italians, Scots, Irish, Jews, Poles, and Scandinavians).

4.16 Identify major immigrant groups that live in Massachusetts and where they now live in large numbers

www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks

Massachusetts Technology Massachusetts Technology StandardsStandards

Standard 1. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of computers and applications as well as an understanding of concepts underlying hardware, software, and connectivity.

Standard 2. Demonstrate responsible use of technology and understanding of ethics and safety issues in using electronic media.

Standard 3. Demonstrate ability to use technology for research, problem-solving, and communication. Students locate, evaluate, collect, and process information from a variety of electronic sources. Students use telecommunications and other media to interact or collaborate with peers, experts, and other audiences.


Massachusetts Massachusetts Language Arts StandardsLanguage Arts Standards

LEARNING STANDARD #24Students will gather information from a variety of sources, analyze and evaluate the quality of the information they obtain, and use it to answer their own questions.

LEARNING STANDARD #27Students will design and create coherent media productions with a clear controlling idea, adequate detail, and appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and medium.


Ellis Island was an immigrant Ellis Island was an immigrant processing center, located in processing center, located in New York City. It was open New York City. It was open

from 1892 until 1952. from 1892 until 1952.

Courtesy: Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/CMP

Video and audio clips available at http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/main.http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/main.

htmlhtml

During that time, over 12 During that time, over 12 million immigrants entered the million immigrants entered the

United States through Ellis United States through Ellis Island. Island.

Click to find out if your family name is inscribed on "The American

Immigrant Wall of Honor at Ellis Island.“

(http://www.wallofhonor.com/ )


With permission from Scholastic.com

For many of our For many of our ancestors, Ellis Island was ancestors, Ellis Island was the first place they landed the first place they landed

when they came to this when they came to this

country. country.

Ellis IslandEllis Island - - Explore your family Explore your family history. history. ((http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asphttp://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp ))

Lessons and Resources:

www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/immigration/EllisIslandimmigrationunit.htm

Image courtesy of ellisisland.org

What was it like?What was it like?

http://www.historychannel.com/http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/main.htmlellisisland/main.html

Don’t forget to click the audio clips Don’t forget to click the audio clips and listen to the stories. Here you and listen to the stories. Here you will find first hand accounts of what will find first hand accounts of what it was like coming to America. it was like coming to America.

Take another Take another virtual tourvirtual tour ((http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immihttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htmgration/tour/index.htm ) to learn more of ) to learn more of what it was like. This one is from Scholastic what it was like. This one is from Scholastic Virtual tour.Virtual tour.

Did you know?Did you know? During a span of 6 During a span of 6

decades. That is 60 decades. That is 60 years, Ellis Island years, Ellis Island welcomed 71% of welcomed 71% of all immigrants.all immigrants.

Nearly 25% of all Nearly 25% of all Americans can Americans can trace their trace their ancestry by way of ancestry by way of Ellis Island.Ellis Island.

With permission from Scholastic.com

With all of their belongings With all of their belongings in baskets and sacks, families in baskets and sacks, families

came to the U.S. seeking a came to the U.S. seeking a new life, freedom, and new life, freedom, and

fortune. fortune. What was it like? What was it like? Meet an Meet an

Immigrant from Poland!Immigrant from Poland! Read about the real life Read about the real life

experiences of an experiences of an immigrant? Go to immigrant? Go to Seymour's StorySeymour's Story ((http://teacher.scholastic.chttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/som/activities/immigration/seymour/index.htmeymour/index.htm )and )and you will meet a young boy you will meet a young boy who came to America from who came to America from Poland with his father. Poland with his father. Your task is to find out why Your task is to find out why Seymour was not allowed Seymour was not allowed to leave Ellis Island with his to leave Ellis Island with his father. father.

With permission from

Scholastic.com

Ellis Island was a symbol of Ellis Island was a symbol of hope for many who faced war, hope for many who faced war,

extreme poverty, religious extreme poverty, religious persecution, or limited persecution, or limited

opportunities at home. opportunities at home.

Courtesy: Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/CMPW/permission from mustseenewyork.com

"I remember my "I remember my grandfather always grandfather always telling me how he telling me how he knew he could be knew he could be rich in America rich in America because he saw because he saw riches in the riches in the architecture of Ellis architecture of Ellis Island. He felt that if Island. He felt that if they let the poor in they let the poor in such a gorgeous hall such a gorgeous hall then life in this then life in this country would be country would be wonderful."wonderful."


With imagination With imagination and active role and active role

playing, our playing, our students can students can travel back in travel back in

time to time to experience what experience what

it was like to it was like to immigrate to a immigrate to a strange land. strange land.


The year is 1907. The year is 1907.

All aboard to All aboard to America America

where the streets where the streets are are

paved with gold!paved with gold!

Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

It's very crowded aboard ship! It's very crowded aboard ship!

PHOTO: National Parks Service http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm

Most immigrants Most immigrants boarded a ship boarded a ship at a European at a European port and were port and were

then directed to then directed to the ship's the ship's

steerage. The steerage. The majority of majority of

people could not people could not afford first class afford first class

or cabin or cabin passage. passage.


In 1910 a In 1910 a

steerage ticket cost steerage ticket cost between $10.00 to between $10.00 to $35.00. Steerage $35.00. Steerage

was near the bottom was near the bottom of the boat, very of the boat, very cramped, offering cramped, offering

little light, little light, ventilation or ventilation or

privacy. At worse, privacy. At worse, it condemned it condemned

individuals toindividuals to 10- 10-15 days of 15 days of

total misery. total misery. Courtesy: Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/CMP

There were hundreds of passengers There were hundreds of passengers crammed into a small area. They slept crammed into a small area. They slept in narrow bunks often three high, and in narrow bunks often three high, and all shared one bath. The sink faucets all shared one bath. The sink faucets

often did not work (so no running often did not work (so no running

water).water).

Children Children would occupy would occupy

themselves with themselves with marbles or marbles or

dominos. Many dominos. Many got sick, many got sick, many

died on the died on the ships. Typhus ships. Typhus and cholera and cholera

seemed to be of seemed to be of the more the more common common illnesses. illnesses.


The millions of The millions of immigrants who immigrants who sailed to America sailed to America were greeted by were greeted by

the Statue of the Statue of Liberty. The Liberty. The

statue was a gift statue was a gift from France in from France in 1884. Frederic 1884. Frederic

Bartholdi designed Bartholdi designed and sculpted the and sculpted the

statue. He statue. He decided to make decided to make

the statue a the statue a symbol of liberty. symbol of liberty.

Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (public domain)

Landing on Ellis IslandLanding on Ellis Island

Ellis Island (.wav file)can be found at

http://www.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis/audiowav/galeta.wav

Images and audio courtesy of the National Park Service/Ellis Island

Lady Liberty would face the Lady Liberty would face the ocean with a greeting and a ocean with a greeting and a

promise. The seven spikes in promise. The seven spikes in the statue's crown stand for the statue's crown stand for seven liberties: civil, moral, seven liberties: civil, moral, national, natural, personal, national, natural, personal,

political, and religious.political, and religious.

See a "live" picture of the See a "live" picture of the Statue of LibertyStatue of Liberty ((http://www.libertystatepark.com/LIVE%20CAMhttp://www.libertystatepark.com/LIVE%20CAM%20STATUE%20OF%20LIBERTY.htm%20STATUE%20OF%20LIBERTY.htm ) )

Take a virtual tour of the Take a virtual tour of the Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty ((http://www.nyctourist.com/liberty3.htmhttp://www.nyctourist.com/liberty3.htm))

With permission from nyctourist.com

LADY LIBERTYLADY LIBERTY

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning

to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your

teeming shore. Send these, the homeless,

tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden

door."

Images courtesy of the National Park Service/Ellis Island

Immigrants showed their Immigrants showed their passports and checked in as passports and checked in as a family. Randomly, bags a family. Randomly, bags

were checked were checked

Image courtesy of the National Park Service/Ellis Island

Name tags and Name tags and passports need to passports need to

be checked be checked

Immigrants waited Immigrants waited in the Great Hall in the Great Hall called the Holding called the Holding Area. This is where Area. This is where immigrants waited immigrants waited before proceeding before proceeding to the next to the next station. Many never station. Many never made it past this made it past this station and were station and were deported. deported.

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

You had to have a medical You had to have a medical exam before entering the exam before entering the

countrycountry This medical staff This medical staff

meant business. If meant business. If there was the there was the slightest chance slightest chance that an that an immigrant's health immigrant's health might threaten any might threaten any American's health, American's health, that person was that person was rejected! rejected!

Image and audio courtesy of the National Park Service/Ellis Island

Medical InspectionMedical Inspection

If a doctor found any indication of disease, he marked If a doctor found any indication of disease, he marked the shoulder or lapel of an immigrant's clothing with the shoulder or lapel of an immigrant's clothing with chalk: "L" for lameness, "E" for eyes, for example.chalk: "L" for lameness, "E" for eyes, for example.


QuizQuiz

What was the approximate number What was the approximate number of immigrants who passed through of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island?Ellis Island?

What were some of the reasons What were some of the reasons why immigrants left their home why immigrants left their home country (name the country in your country (name the country in your list of answers) to come to list of answers) to come to America? America?

Citizenship Citizenship Immigrants must take a Immigrants must take a

citizenship test. citizenship test. Visit this Visit this sitesite to see some of to see some of

the questions the questions ((http://encarta.msn.com/quihttp://encarta.msn.com/quiz_14/U_S_Citizenship_Test_z_14/U_S_Citizenship_Test_Could_You_Pass.htmlCould_You_Pass.html ). ).

practice questions practice questions ((http://www.rallye-http://www.rallye-pointe.com/Opinion/citizenspointe.com/Opinion/citizenship.htmhip.htm))

Interactive quiz Interactive quiz ((http://www.factmonster.cohttp://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/citizenship1/1.hm/spot/quiz/citizenship1/1.htmltml ) )

Photograph © Christopher Bruno

Immigrants tell Immigrants tell inspectors their inspectors their skills such as skills such as textile worker, textile worker, farmer, welder, farmer, welder, carpenter, carpenter, housekeeper, housekeeper, seamstress, or seamstress, or tailor. Inspectors tailor. Inspectors accept or reject the accept or reject the immigrants based immigrants based on their abilities. on their abilities.

Inside Ellis Island


Deportation Deportation An immigrant's nightmare! An immigrant's nightmare!

Immigrants that did not pass skills or Immigrants that did not pass skills or medical exams were escorted to the medical exams were escorted to the deportation station. One inappropriate deportation station. One inappropriate action, gesture, or comment could action, gesture, or comment could prejudice a clearance official against prejudice a clearance official against you. One wisecrack just might get you you. One wisecrack just might get you deported from the country in which you deported from the country in which you have dreamed of living! have dreamed of living!

DetentionDetention

During the peak years of immigration, During the peak years of immigration, detention on Ellis Island ran as high as detention on Ellis Island ran as high as 20% for all immigrants inspected20% for all immigrants inspected

A detainee's stay could last days or A detainee's stay could last days or even weeks. even weeks.


Where do you go from here?Where do you go from here?

The Immigrant’s Destination The Immigrant’s Destination Immigrants choose their family's Immigrants choose their family's destination from destination from a large chart. Train tickets are a large chart. Train tickets are purchased. Many did not have purchased. Many did not have enough money to go where they enough money to go where they wanted to or where they had wanted to or where they had relatives. relatives.

Although many Although many immigrants did migrate immigrants did migrate to rural America and to rural America and worked on farms, more worked on farms, more of the majority settled in of the majority settled in cities. Immigrant cities. Immigrant populations, in fact, populations, in fact, were highest in four of were highest in four of the largest cities at the the largest cities at the time (New York, Boston, time (New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh, and Chicago). Furthermore, Chicago). Furthermore, five out of every six Irish five out of every six Irish and Russian travelers, and Russian travelers, three out of four Italian three out of four Italian and Hungarian and Hungarian immigrants and seven of immigrants and seven of ten arrivals from ten arrivals from England, eventually England, eventually settled in the nation's settled in the nation's great cities.great cities.


Why did immigrants settle Why did immigrants settle in cities?in cities?

Many immigrants came to America with little Many immigrants came to America with little money to buy farms or expensive farming money to buy farms or expensive farming equipment. Others settled in cities because equipment. Others settled in cities because American agriculture was far different from what American agriculture was far different from what most had been accustomed to in Europe. Some, most had been accustomed to in Europe. Some, came to America too late to acquire free or cheap came to America too late to acquire free or cheap land. Others moved to cities for different reasons. land. Others moved to cities for different reasons. Many Irish opted for an urban life because they Many Irish opted for an urban life because they associated farming with the English landlords who associated farming with the English landlords who had persecuted Irish tenant farmers. Immigrants, had persecuted Irish tenant farmers. Immigrants, particularly Jews, settled in urban areas because particularly Jews, settled in urban areas because their forebears had already established vibrant their forebears had already established vibrant cultural, religious, and educational institutions cultural, religious, and educational institutions throughout many of the nation's largest cities.throughout many of the nation's largest cities.

Visit the resource website unit Visit the resource website unit for more information, activities for more information, activities

and resources and resources

http://www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/immigration/anationofimmigrants.htm

ActivityActivity

You are an immigrant coming to You are an immigrant coming to America around 1910 and will be America around 1910 and will be passing through Ellis Island. passing through Ellis Island.

You can choose your country of You can choose your country of origin, age, and whether or not you origin, age, and whether or not you are coming to America alone, with are coming to America alone, with friends, or with family. friends, or with family.

Briefly describe why you are going to Briefly describe why you are going to America. America.

Where did they settle and Where did they settle and why?why?

Resource links: Resource links: – http://http://

www.people.virginia.edu/www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.html~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.html

– Excellent webquests for Excellent webquests for further study: further study: GatewayTo GatewayTo DreamsDreams ((http://www.todaysteachehttp://www.todaysteacher.com/EllisIslandWebQuesr.com/EllisIslandWebQuest/GatewayToDreams.htm)t/GatewayToDreams.htm)

– Ellis Island WebQuestEllis Island WebQuest

((http://www.ardecol.ac-http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/ellisislgrenoble.fr/english/ellisislandwebquest.htmandwebquest.htm ) )

A Webquest for students who study A Webquest for students who study the settling of the United States. the settling of the United States. They should be able to relate to prior They should be able to relate to prior knowledge about immigrants, while knowledge about immigrants, while gaining new knowledge and insight gaining new knowledge and insight to the topic of where and why to the topic of where and why immigrants settled in various areas. immigrants settled in various areas. http://www.lubbock.k12.tx.us/Webquests/MeetImmigrants/t-index.htm

Mrs. Wernig’s web- showing how technology was integrated into this Immigration Unit

Your own Family HistoryYour own Family History

Record your family historyRecord your family history Create a family treeCreate a family tree Find out about your backgroundFind out about your background Melting Pot lessonMelting Pot lesson Graph lessonGraph lesson Slideshow projectSlideshow project Using TimelinerUsing Timeliner Inspiration webInspiration web Check the rubric! Check the rubric!

Our class is a "Melting Pot"!

Our Heritage

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England

Sweden

France

Ireland

Scotland

Italy

Germany

England 4

Sweden 1

France 5

Ireland 7

Scotland 1

Italy 6

Germany 4

Sample: Excel Graph

RubricsRubrics (http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/tguide.htm#assessment ) (http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/tguide.htm#assessment )

Other Sites for TeachersOther Sites for Teachers Famous ImmigrantsFamous Immigrants

(http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sl/history/famous.html (http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sl/history/famous.html ))

RubricsRubrics (hhttp://www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/knowledgenotjustinfo.htm#rubrics(hhttp://www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/knowledgenotjustinfo.htm#rubrics))

Presentation RubricPresentation Rubric (http://www.bellingham.k12.ma.us/hs/pdf lessons (http://www.bellingham.k12.ma.us/hs/pdf lessons hs/Multimedia Presentation Rubric.pdf)hs/Multimedia Presentation Rubric.pdf)

Mr. Donn’s sites on immigrationMr. Donn’s sites on immigration (http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/2American.html#Immigration)(http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/2American.html#Immigration)

Voyages and storiesVoyages and stories (http://nimbus.mysticseaport.org/voyages/immigration-0.html)(http://nimbus.mysticseaport.org/voyages/immigration-0.html)

More on Ellis IslandMore on Ellis Island (http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ljoos/ellisisland.html)(http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ljoos/ellisisland.html)

If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis IslandIf Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen Levine is relevant for by Ellen Levine is relevant for students studying immigration to the United States. students studying immigration to the United States. (http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/i/If_Your_Name_Was_Changed_a(http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/i/If_Your_Name_Was_Changed_at_Ellis_Island_Ellen_Levine.html)t_Ellis_Island_Ellen_Levine.html)

Resources Resources used in this unitused in this unit

http://www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/immigration/EllisIslandimmigrationunit.htmhttp://www.mu-regional.k12.ma.us/immigration/EllisIslandimmigrationunit.htm http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/hss/final.pdfhttp://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/hss/final.pdf http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.htmlhttp://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html http://www.scholastic.com/http://www.scholastic.com/ http://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.htmlhttp://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.html http://www.ellisisland.org/http://www.ellisisland.org/ http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/index2.htmlhttp://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/index2.html http://search.gallery.yahoo.com/search/corbis?p=%22ellis+island%22http://search.gallery.yahoo.com/search/corbis?p=%22ellis+island%22 http://www.ellisisland.com/http://www.ellisisland.com/ http://www.lubbock.k12.tx.us/Webquests/MeetImmigrants/t-index.htmhttp://www.lubbock.k12.tx.us/Webquests/MeetImmigrants/t-index.htm http://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.htmlhttp://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.html http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/immigrants_find_distinctive.htmlhttp://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/immigrants_find_distinctive.html http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/reasons_for_immigration.htmlhttp://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/reasons_for_immigration.html http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htmhttp://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm http://www.todaysteacher.com/EllisIslandWebQuest/GatewayToDreams.htmhttp://www.todaysteacher.com/EllisIslandWebQuest/GatewayToDreams.htm http://www.nps.gov/stli/serv02.htm#Ellishttp://www.nps.gov/stli/serv02.htm#Ellis

Photographs and images courtesy of:Photographs and images courtesy of: Scholastic, Inc. (scholastic.com)Scholastic, Inc. (scholastic.com) Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography (http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration.html)Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography (http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration.html) National Park Service/Ellis Island National Park Service/Ellis Island Mustseenewyork.com Mustseenewyork.com Ellisisland.orgEllisisland.org Christopher Bruno (Christopher Bruno (http://www.sxc.hu/)http://www.sxc.hu/)

Books: Books: Levine, Ellen. if your name was changed at Ellis Island. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1993. Levine, Ellen. if your name was changed at Ellis Island. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1993.

Maestro, Betsy. Coming to America : The Story of Immigration. New York:Maestro, Betsy. Coming to America : The Story of Immigration. New York: Scholastic, 1996.Scholastic, 1996.

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