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  ELLIS ISLAND

  1. I.Introduction :

Watch the video and answer the questions:

Click on the link:


           http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island 


a.Where is Ellis Island located?

b.Which other famous monument can you visit nearby?

c.What was Ellis Island for 62 years?

d.When did it open? When did it officially close?

  e. Give at least three reasons why immigrants would leave their country of origin at the beginning of the 20th century?

  f.  How many people passed through Ellis Island everyday in those days?

g.When did the era of mass immigration into New York end? Why?

h. What happened in 1976?

   i. What is Ellis Island now?

   j. What can you read on the ‘Wall of Honour’?

http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/about-the-wall-of-honor



  1. II.Go on a virtual tour of Ellis Island and answer these questions:

     Click on the link and start the tour.


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

  

  1. a.How many immigrants landed at Ellis Island during its 62 years in operation ?


1st stop: THE PASSAGE


b.  Where did most immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island come from?

  1. c.Was their journey to America easy? Describe it in a few words ( 1st and 2nd stop).


2nd stop: THE ARRIVAL


d. Were all the passengers taken to Ellis Island for medical and legal inspection? Explain:

  1. e.Who was the first immigrant to arrive in Ellis Island?

   ( click on « Did you know? »)


3rd stop: THE ELLIS ISLAND BAGGAGE ROOM


f. What were immigrants given as soon as they entered the main building?

  1. g.What was the name of the first room they entered?

    Why was it called like that?

  1. h.Where did they have to go then?


4th stop: THE STAIRS TO THE REGISTRY ROOM


  1. i.How long did the immigration process usually take?   

   Why?( click on « Did you know? »)

  1. j.Who stood at the top of the stairs? What for?


5th stop: THE REGISTRY ROOM


  1. k.What was the other name given to the ‘registry room’?   Explain.

  2. l.What were immigrants waiting for there?

  3. m.Was it comfortable? Explain.


6th stop: THE MEDICAL EXAM


n.What was the ‘six-second physical’?

o. What did doctors do if they thought an immigrant was ill?

  1. p.Click on ‘photos’. Write the right symbols corresponding to these diseases or disabilities:




q. What happened if an immigrant had a curable disease?  ( click on « Did you know? »)

  1. r.What happened to those who couldn't be cured?

    ( click on « Did you know? »)


7th stop: THE LEGAL INSPECTION


s. What did the ‘legal inspection’ consist in?

  1. t.Where were immigrants inspected after World War I? ( click on « Did you know? »)


8th stop: DETAINEES


  1. u.What happened to those failing the tests?

  2. v.What was the ‘hearing room’?


9th stop: THE STAIRS OF SEPARATION


  1. w.Which stairs did you have to take if you wanted to settle in  New York?

x.Which stairs did the ‘unlucky’ ones go down? Explain.

  1. y.What big change was introduced after 1925 which had a

    strong impact on immigration?

    ( click on « Did you know? »)


10th stop: THE KISSING SPOT


z. What was the ‘kissing spot’? Explain