The Ellis Island experience - Web quest:

Go to this website :http://libertyellisfoundation.org/ellis-island-history

1. Try to find out if anyone withyour name (or even from your own family!) went through EllisIsland.
Usethe Passenger Search engine.

2. Look at the Ellis Island History part of the site. Imagine 5 questions to askyour classmates:

How many immigrants went throug Ellis Island ? 12 million

(i) ........................................................................................................................
What was "Castle Garden" used for ? When was the former (imm.st)
(ii) Ellis Island reduced
............................ ~" to ashes :..:::? :::.:
Who :::: was ..::: the,::: ..first
:: ........ __ _ _ .. 1897
A.Moore
immigrant on Ellis Island? How long did
(iii) immigrants spend on Ellis Island?
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Immigrant spent between 3-5jours and few
A-'\: , ••••

days on Ellis Island.

(iv) Why How many immibrant went through ELL.IS. 12 million
Castle garden was an immigrant station before
(v)
How many immigrants passed through Ellis Island? Ellis Is.
What happened in 1897? Castle garden was in manhattan
How many has did the inspection process take? The building on Ellis Island bourned in 1897.

3. Complete this timeline with the most important events :

A fire burnt down the pine

building and all the records
were lost.
1800: rising political 1855 to 1890:
instability, economic eight million June 15, 1897: December 17, 1900: 2023: Today it is a museum.
distress... immigrants a fire on Ellis new built on Ellis Thousands of people find
Island Island out about their ancestors each year.
1892 : First 1954 : Ellis Island
1630 : The dutch
immigrants in ceased to be an
bought the island
the Ellis Island immigration station
from the Indians
Ellis Island was used
as the official immigration
station for all immigrants
who arrived in New York.

4. Chooseone of the famous passengers w h0 went t hrough EllisIsland-

. explain why you like this person.

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5. Why was 1897 an important date for Ellis Island?

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6. Try to do one of the quizzes(!)