3rd+Grade+Immigration+Pathfinder

=**﻿3rd Grade Immigration Pathfinder **=

Immigration-from PBS Kids--Big Apple History To discover reasons people immigrated--Choose Coming to America--Scroll down to the question What was Life Like? Choose First Wave of Immigration and then read Second Wave of Immigration.

Photographs of Ellis Island from LIFE Magazine This website is both teacher and student recommended

History Channel: Ellis Island Then and Now This website includes Interactives, Videos, and Photographs

Tenement Museum: From Ellis Island to Orchard Street An interactive site helping students learn about what immigrants went through: leaving their native country, sailing across the ocean, going through the process at Ellis Island, moving into a neighborhood, and living in a tenement building.

An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island from Scholastic Go through all of the steps to enter and be processed at Ellis Island. Website includes photos, descriptions, audio, videos and a map. It is just like your are there!

History Happens--Immigration Short description and can listen to song about Ellis Island

America's Story--Ellis Island's First Immigrant from Library of Congress A young girl from Ireland was the first immigrant to come through Ellis Island. What was it like for her and those who came after her? Use this site to find out.

PBS Kids--Big Apple History-Gateway to Millions One page article about Ellis Island and the immigrants who passed through.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scholastic--Immigration Stories from Yesterday to Today <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learn the true story of 3 kids who immigrated to the US. Including a young boy who immigrated from Poland in 1920.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Encyclopedia Britannica Article about Ellis Island <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Great Explanation of Purpose and Procedures at Ellis Island. Includes Photographs

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ThinkQuest--Ellis Island History <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A little harder to read--but includes specifics about the different nationalities who immigrated to US

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Statue of Liberty--Arrived in NY--America's Story from Library of Congress <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Website is student and teacher recommended. This Library of Congress timeline provides more interesting information about how this statue came to be in New York harbor.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Statue of Liberty Resources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Use table of contents on left to choose topic you want to read about. Includes movie you can watch. If text is a little difficult, you can use the Read Aloud feature and the text will be read aloud to you.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">National Park Service--Statue of Liberty <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This site provides history and information about the Statue, including information about visiting, the statistics and measurements of the Lady, and historical background of France/U.S. relations. Be sure to click on the "Handbook" link for in depth information.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Statue of Liberty Info from Enchanted Learning] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Excellent easy to read table of information

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Statue of Liberty Article from Britannica Encyclopedia <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Excellent easy to read information and can choose to have text read aloud.