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ELLIS ISLAND WEBQUEST

http://www.ellisisland.com/indexInfo.html

1.LOCATION :

1. Where is it located ?

Which other famous monument can you visit ?

2. how do you get to Ellis Island from Manhattan ?

3. Opening hours: from to

2. LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AND NAME 3 DIFFERENT ROOMS YOU CAN VISIT.

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/gateway/index.html

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM

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3. Major facts about Ellis island

click here,then on timeline, click on the dates on the bottom left-hand side and complete the grid.

Facts

Dates in letters

American revolution

Irish Famine

Homestead act

explain in your own words what the Homestead Act is

Official opening of Ellis Island

exact date

Ellis Island is used as war hospital

End of Litteracy tests

these tests were for :

people who were more than 16 years old younger than 16

First immigration quotas

Ellis Island is officially closed

Ellis Island becomes a museum

4.Let’s start the visit

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop

watch the video

The arrival:

Who was the first immigrant to arrive in Ellis island ? Give as many details as you can.

What's the name of the steam ferry-boat on the video ?
Who shot the film ?
When was it shot ?
Where are the immigrants going to ?

The Baggage room

It is on

Why is it called the baggage room ?

Where did they go after ?

to the bunker room the hearing room the great hall

The stairways to the Great Hall

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop3.htm

a) Explain the tests and their aim :

b) chalk marks were put on healthy people on those who were either ill or disabled

click on the left on " medical chart "

c) What did that sign mean ? X:

d) Choose or write the right symbols corresponding to these disease or disabilities:

Neck Senility eyes feet

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM click on the underlined words to get more details

Why did immigrants have to see doctors ? How many illnesses were checked ? fourty fifty sixty

What happened to those who couldn't be cured ?

The Great hall

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop5.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop6.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop7.htm

click on the underlined words to get more details

How wide is the Great hall ? How long is it ?

name of this room (clic pour grandir)

describe a typical meal :

READ THE TEXT ABOUT THE GREAT HALL

RIGHT OR WRONG : read the following statement and correct the wrong ones.

statements	Right	Wrong	correction
1. immigrants were given a card on their arrival
2. While they were waiting, they were checked for heart disease
3. Immigrants were lined according to their nationality and their names
4.They hardly ever felt amazed by what they heard or saw.
5. Immigrants had to have some money to be allowed into the USA but dollars only were accepted
6. They had write a short sentence to prove their litterancy
7.Most immigrants were accepted and could reunite with their relatives
8. Immigrants could spend from 3 hours to several years before getting the 'admitted' stamp on their identity card.
9. It was called the Isle of Tears because the immigrants were so happy to meet their relatives that they often cried.

Welcome to America

click on the underlined words to get more details

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop8.htm

Most immigrants took a ferry to Manhattan New Jersey

What was the name and nationnality of the last immigrants who went through the station in 1954 ?

This sailor was waiting for to because he was admitted rejected in America.

5. Let's listen to a family story.

Listen to the recording

The main characters are a teenage girl and her father her grandfather her great-grandfather

They are talking about her

The first thing he saw when the steamboat approached Ellis Island was

Where did he come From ? when was it ? Why did he decide to emigrate ?

What can you read on the Wall of Honour: