Putting the Pieces Together- A Journey Through Ellis Island

Split your class up into groups of five to practice a reader's theater script that relates to immigration and Ellis Island. The script includes information about the island, and some descriptions of vocabulary terms. Also provided are...

Family and friendship are two very important themes of the historical fiction novel The Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff. From video clips and writing prompts to reader's theater and family interviews, this resource provides...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students read the questions and story starter about Ellis Island. There are provided lines for the story which the students will write.

We are all immigrants to this country and the study of immigration can help students connect to history in a personal way. Students will listen to audio clips from the Ellis Island web site, discuss the treatment of immigrants in the...

Fourth graders research Ellis Island and Angel Island. In this library media instructional activity, 4th graders use resources from the library to locate facts about Ellis Island and Angel Island. Students construct a Venn diagram to...

In this Ellis Island worksheet, students explore the website given and answer short answer questions about Ellis Island. Students complete 7 questions total.

After reading the story of Zacchaeus and Jesus as depicted in the Bible, young learners design bracelets of beads representing their lenten journeys in an engaging and ongoing hands-on learning activity.

Students examine what it was like to enter the U.S. as an immigrant. They conduct Internet research, develop a concept map, list the ways children occupied their time while at Ellis Island, and create a diorama.

Students discover what it was like for immigrants coming to Ellis Island. In this immigration lesson, students go to a scholastic website about immigration and complete a related worksheet.  They see the different tests given there.

Fourth graders read the book together and imagine what it was like to come through Ellis Island as an immigrant to the United States. They write a story describing the process at Ellis Island from a first person perspective. They share...