1. 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?

2. The IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE to America and through ELLIS ISLAND

3. The Steamship

4. The View from the Ship The View from the Ship

5. Onto American Soil Onto American Soil

6. ELLIS ISLAND

7. The Entrance

8. Baggage Check

9. The Stairs of Separation

10. Waiting for Medical Exams

11. Medical Examinations Medical Examinations

12. 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

13. The Cafeteria

14. The Great Hall The Great Hall

17. The Stairs of Separation The Stairs of Separation (again) The Stairs of Separation

18. The Kissing Post

19. "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."

20. Information and pictures from: historychannel.com/ellisisland/gateway/index.html ellisisland.com/history.html The Americans History textbook

21. 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”

22. City Life in the 1800s