The complementary book wizard mobile application school edition is a mobile extension of the book wizard which provides easy access to scholastic s comprehensive database of information on more than 50,000 childrens books. After students have had time to explore the virtual ellis island museum, allow them to spend time investigating some of the other internet sites on ellis island and immigration. Coming to america, our free virtual field trip to ellis island, takes students in grades 38 on an interactive tour. Ellis island can be crowded, so we recommend booking etickets ahead of time to secure your spot. Virtual field trip to ellis island scholastic com by brittany casolare. He heads for hamburg, germany, hoping that he can sail to america. Reconvene as a whole group and brainstorm a list of the types of things that they found in the sites they visited. According to tripadvisor travellers, these are the best ways to experience ellis island. After they left the ship and entered the inspection station at ellis island, they had to walk up a steep stairway, past doctors who stared at each of them and occasionally wrote something in. Pupils conduct secondary source research using the internet and library resources to research the backgrounds of their familys cultural and ethnic heritages. See more ideas about ellis island, social studies, teaching social studies.
Immigration books and resources page for a bevy of books, videos, and web. Click here for additional information on membership levels. Thirtyfive guided questions help students navigate the scholastic. They included russians, italians, slavs, jews, greeks, poles, serbs, and turks. Students will visit scholastic s virtual tour of ellis island, where they will read, view photos and video, and listen to actual immigrants tell their stories of arriving in the united states. In 1907 jacob rubinstein, a russian jew, leaves his village after it is attacked by cossacks. At best how long did the process in great hall take. In this ellis island worksheet, students explore the website given and answer short answer questions about ellis island. This virtual tour of ellis island lesson plan is suitable for 3rd 5th grade. Although the chinese exclusion act of 1882 restricted immigration, 175,000 chinese came through angel island over a period of three decades. Students can search and view the panoramic setting of a reading passage or novel. Landforms visual dictionary landforms layer book mapping the l. At ellis island details the process of immigrating to ellis island through the accounts of many real children, and one specific fictional character, sera.
See more ideas about ellis island, ellis island immigrants and island. This ellis island virtual tour worksheet is suitable for 4th 8th grade. On the website, they can take an interactive tour, explore immigration data in a digestible way, and watch an awesome webcast that was actually filmed on location. After they left the ship and entered the inspection station at ellis island, they had to walk up a steep stairway, past doctors who stared at each of them and occasionally wrote something in chalk on their coats. Delve into the unit of study before your virtual trip begins.
You can remove some records from the dropdowns or from your profile at my file under the appropriate tab. The bpo now has a coloring book online, you can choose your favorite pictures to print and color. Getting ready for scholastic s virtual field trip to ellis island. Students can take a virtual field trip to ellis island via the national parks service, explore an interactive timeline from 1492. If you are interested in finding the level of your book, please go to the following link. This sheet guides students through an interactive tour of ellis island. We selected this text because the topic of ellis island and immigration intrigued both of us. Play games, win prizes, find your new favourite book. Today the small island stands alongside plymouth rock in our nations founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched american soil. A highlight of edu 511 was creating a webquest on ellis island and stories of immigration. Ellis island virtual tour by heritage documentation programs. They tell a lot about the history of ellis island and experiences that immigrants had coming through ellis island. Virtual tour of ellis island lesson plan for 3rd 5th.
See all 150 ellis island tickets and tours on tripadvisor. Based on your membership level you have exceeded your saved search limit. Students will search scholastic ellis island virtual tour website. They are i read this one out loud to my 8 12 year old daughter, at her request. Take a virtual trip around the country or around the world with this expansive list of virtual field trips. Ellis island is a 1983 historical novel by fred mustard stewart. Also included is a creative writing wrap up activity. Students discover what it was like for immigrants coming to ellis island. Scholastic offers students the unique opportunity to explore this historical landmark through text, audio. Plus, get booktalks, lesson plans, author studies, videos, and discussion guides. See more ideas about ellis island, island and social studies. If this does not work, try another option from our class genius bar. How many americans can trace their family history to ellis island. It will pique students interest and minimize talking during the webcast.
Virtual field trip will take students to ellis island. Jun 14, 20 ellis island interactive tour with facts, pictures, video scholastic. Facts about immigration, pictures of ellis island, oral histories, and videos help explain the. Tour of the ellis island immigration museum, lower new york harbour, usa. See more ideas about ellis island, island and ellis island immigrants. We used the book the arrival by shaun tan to invite students to use. Scholastic s virtual field trip and interactive tour. Youre one of millions of immigrants leaving your home in the early 1900s to move to the united states. Scholastic book clubs childrens books for parents and teachers. Ellis island has housed the immigrant museum since 1990. The interactive tour of ellis island offers students a foundation of american immigration history.
It was deep enough to flood the basement of the museum building. The tour combines both narration and firsthand accounts of the experience at ellis island. Especially in the summer, this can mean long waits for the ferry, but with these insider tips and advice, you can save yourself time and make the most of your visit to the ellis island immigration museum. Immigration ellis island virtual tour ellis island. Walking tour of ellis island historical immigration center of the united states duration. Convert documents to beautiful publications and share them worldwide. This activity makes a great introduction or final project to a unit. With the help of historical photographs, film footage from the time period, and the oral histories of real immigrants, students tread the path that all immigrants at ellis island followed in the process of entering the united states at the beginning of the last century. Why do you think that the government chose ellis island as its immigration processing center in new york. Immigrants of ellis island main idea practice by victoria.
Name three kinds of jobs at ellis island and why they were inportant to the islands functioning. According to scholastic book wizard, this text is best suited for students in grades 3 5. The book is set up as a series of quotes of actual immigrants who came to america during ellis island s busiest period, as well as quotes by people who were employed there at the time. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. A single tour covers both ellis island and the statue of liberty. To help make relevant connections to their own lives, participants are invited to interview someone in their. What was the first test the immigrants had to pass. Dec 30, 2015 virtual field trip to ellis island scholastic com duration. In 1890, president benjamin harrison established the nations first immigration station on ellis island. From 1892 to 1954, many people came here from across the ocean. In this immigration lesson, students go to a scholastic website about immigration and complete a related worksheet. Who was the first immigrant to arrive at ellis island what hall did the immigrants go to, to have medical and legal examinations.
On the west coast, asian immigrants were processed at angel island, often called the ellis island of the west. Ellis island interactive tour with facts, pictures, video scholastic. Using the interactive tour of ellis island from scholastic s website link included in webquest students will explore and discover the path that so many americans took to come to the u. Immigration a five ways we are preparing for our virtual field. Getting ready for scholastics virtual field trip to ellis island.
Social studies mentor text linky immigration books and activity. Five ways we are preparing for our virtual field trip to ellis island. Through various learning activities mostly for grades 38, including oral histories of recent and historic immigrants, an ellis island history lesson, data analysis, research skills, and several graphing activities, students. Virtual experiences available 247 kids out and about rochester. New york embark on an interactive virtual tour of new yorks ellis island, where many families started their adventure in america as immigrants. Students first research using scholastic interactive virtual tour website. Scholastic book clubs is the best possible partner to help you get excellent childrens books into the hands of every child, to help them become successful lifelong readers and discover the joy and power of good books.
Students work at their own pace and will read, listen, and watch video clips to understand the immigration process of the late 1800s. Many of them were from southern and eastern europe. With links to each step on the tour, students are asked several questions to develop an awareness of what immigrants went through as they entered ellis island as well as work with primary sources. Sera is an armenian 10yearold sent to america to live with her father. About 12 million immigrants would pass through ellis island during the time of its operation, from 1892 to 1954. Explore ellis island via this scholastic virtual field trip. Students from across the country will join national park service rangers on the historic island and follow the same path as the immigrants who arrived on ellis island from. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. Ellis island interactive tour with facts, pictures, video. Then they write a short narrative as an immigrant on their day in ellis island. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ellis island. Officials on the island have been processing immigrants there for decades, but not everyone gets through. Virtual field trip to ellis island scholastic com duration.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Discover the history of ellis island with the national park service in this virtual field trip. Nov 15, 2015 how to use scholastic book wizard on a class iphone. Ellis island virtual tour created by the historic american building survey habs, heritage documentation programs, national park service. Millions of immigrants from europe and beyond came to america through this tiny little island, where they were processed, checked for disease, and sometimes given a new. Ellis island virtual tour worksheet for 4th 8th grade. Virtual field trip to ellis island teach about immigration with this webcast from ellis island, brought to you by scholastic and the national park service. Blk africa african african black alaskan alaskan indian albanian algerian alsace lorraine alsatian american indian arabian argentinian armenian asian asiatic assyrian australian austrian aztec bahamian barbadian basque belgian belgium bermudian bessarabian black boer bohemian bolivian bosnian brazilian.
What two options did officials in the great hall have. The largest building on ellis island, made of red brick, opened in 1900 and became a famous symbol of american immigration. Ellis island, near new york city, is your first stop in your search for opportunity and freedom. Virtual field trip will take students to ellis island ellis. If your name was changed at ellis island, levine, ellen, q, 4. Instantly get a books guided reading, lexile measure, dra, or grade level reading level. Ellis island rangerguided tour this free tour of ellis island lasts about 45 minutes and is. Ellis island is a small island in new york harbor, near manhattan. Ellis island take the tour ellis island take the tour. Angel island, which lies off the coast of san francisco, opened in 1910. Virtual field trip to ellis island immigration lessons.
Teachers pay teachers is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original educational materials. Take a virtual field trip to ellis island on our minds. Stories of yesterday and today scholastic take a tour of ellis island, explore an interactive immigration timeline, and meet young immigrants in this online activity. An excellent follow up activity to my immigration experience simul. Immigration ellis island virtual tour thirtyfive guided questions help students navigate the scholastic. Scholastic offers students the unique opportunity to explore this historical landmark through text, audio, video, and photos. Water covered about the whole island, recalls judy giuriceo, curator of exhibits. Find and level books by searching the book wizard database of more than 50,000 childrens books. Learn about immigration on ellis island in this interactive, virtual tour. Stories of yesterday and today shares with students the many reasons people come to america and how theyve helped create our rich and diverse country. How to use scholastic book wizard on a class iphone. Identify the historic significance of major national monuments, historic sites, and landmarks including.
Ellis island new york city 2020 all you need to know. Search by title, author, illustrator, or keyword using the search box above. It is a single lesson that explores the scholastic websites ellis island virtual tour. However, hurricane sandy flooded the island in october 2012, causing so much damage that the museum had to be closed for a year. Publishing platform for digital magazines, interactive publications and online catalogs. It takes you on a step by step tour through the immigration process providing videos, pictures, audio and a summary at each stop in ellis island. Students will receive a hard copy handout of the guided questions to complete the activity. Tour the historic immigration station, meet park rangers, and discover the history of immigration in america. Ellis island virtual tour displaying top 8 worksheets found for this concept some of the worksheets for this concept are an interactive tour of ellis island by, how teachers can develop a webquest for an ellis island, ellis island webquest tour, ellis island simulation, ellis island webquest, ellis island burns, unit 1 the gilded age lessons railroads and. Visiting the ellis island immigration museum is very popular with travelers coming to new york city. There is even a special tour available for children 610. Mar 26, 2015 kids also have the opportunity to become junior rangers at ellis island by downloading the ellis island junior ranger activity booklet, which kids can bring and complete on their visit. The complementary book wizard mobile application school edition is a mobile extension of the book wizard which provides easy access to scholastics comprehensive database of information on more than 50,000 childrens books. Virtual field trip to ellis island scholastic com youtube.
Turn out the lights and have your kids check out scholastic s interactive tour of ellis island. With the help of historical photographs, film footage from the time period, and the oral histories of real immigrants. They will complete a twosided worksheet that covers all 10 stops on the tour, taking notes as if they wer. A year after its publication a miniseries was filmed in the united kingdom, based on this book. Ellis island new york city all you need to know before. Ellis island virtual tour by bringing history alive tpt.