You will work in a group of three and your role will be to research the following points from a child’s perspective:

1. the immigration process on Ellis Island

2. draw a timeline of Ellis Island starting in 1890 when a Federal Government decided to build the first Federal Immigration Station on Ellis Island.

3. build a family tree using the template on History Channel

4. write a short paragraph in a diary of a 11-year-old immigrant child

You will work on the process together, helping each other to draw conclusions from the text read on the given websites.

You will work collaboratively on researching the process using the following websites:

http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sl/history/ellis.html

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/immigration/topic7.html

Next you will draw a timeline. These websites could be of help to you:

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/immigration/index-flash.html

(click on a TIMELINE button)

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html

After that you will work separately on the points: 3, 4 and 5 from the TASK section above, leaning on the information provided on these websites:

• Each of you will built a family tree and present it in class. Click on the HERITAGE button and follow the instructions:

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html

• Each of you will write a short paragraph in a diary of an 11-year-old immigrant child. You will hand it in to a teacher in a form of a 3-paragraph essay. Please read the Boy’s Journey on this website:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/seymour/index.htm

• Each of you will complete the quiz under the link below. Print the quiz and fill in the answers, next each team member will hand in the finished quiz to the teacher.