How many different spelling variations can you come up with for your first and last name? If you could only select three valuables/possessions from your house, what would they be?
The IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE to America and through ELLIS ISLAND
The Steamship
The View from the Ship The View from the Ship
Onto American Soil Onto American Soil
ELLIS ISLAND
The Entrance
Baggage Check
The Stairs of Separation
Waiting for Medical Exams
Medical Examinations Medical Examinations
The Dormitories The Dormitories Usually kept for 1-2 days Usually kept for 1-2 days Sometimes for up to several weeks Sometimes for up to several weeks 2% of people were deported and couldn’t reapply for admission for 12 months 2% of people were deported and couldn’t reapply for admission for 12 months
The Cafeteria
The Great Hall The Great Hall
The Stairs of Separation The Stairs of Separation (again) The Stairs of Separation
The Kissing Post
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Information and pictures from: historychannel.com/ellisisland/gateway/index.html ellisisland.com/history.html The Americans History textbook
Culture Shock - sudden awareness of new things Ethnic Islands - national districts in a section of town where people of the same ethnicity lived Generation Gap - children acculturated more quickly than parents - children taught parents about “American culture”
City Life in the 1800s