1. Grandma’s Cupboard A free verse poem by Jonathan Williamson
Read the poem I have placed on your desk. Underneath the poem, what object or setting takes you back to a memory of your grandparent. For me, it would be an iron skillet.
Grandma’s Cupboard
A free verse poem by
Jonathan Williamson

2. Grandma’s Cupboard A free verse poem by Jonathan Williamson
Some of Grandma’s furniture
lives at our house now.
My favorite is a tall wooden cupboard.
It is golden oak, soft and worn,
and it is very,
very old.
It takes me back to Grandma’s.
I open its glass doors,
and it smells like her living room
a thousand miles away,
with someone else living in it now.
Now, at my own house, in my own living room,
I open the old cupboard doors,
I take a deep breath,
and WHOOSH!
I am back in Grandma’s house once more.
The cupboard says,
“Welcome back! Good to see you!”
Grandma’s Cupboard
A free verse poem by
Jonathan Williamson

3. How has Anna’s babushka kept the author in touch with her heritage?

4. Grandma’s Cupboard A free verse poem by Jonathan Williamson
Homework: Modeling “Grandma’s Cupboard” write your own poem to showcase your memories of a relative in your life. Use the object you wrote down as a jumping off point for your thoughts.
Some of Grandma’s belongings
live at our house now.
My favorite is a cast iron skillet.
It is midnight black, cold and hard,
and it is very,
very worn.
It takes me back to Grandma’s.
I touch its cool smooth surface,
and it smells like her kitchen
a thousand miles away,
with someone else living in it now.
Grandma’s Cupboard
A free verse poem by
Jonathan Williamson

5. Grandma’s Skillet A free verse poem by Tish Clarke
Homework: Modeling “Grandma’s Cupboard” write your own poem to showcase your memories of a relative in your life. Use the object you wrote down as a jumping off point for your thoughts.
Now, at my own house, in my own kitchen,
I heat up the skillet, listen to sizzling bacon,
I take a deep breath,
and WHOOSH!
I am back in Grandma’s house once more.
The skillet says,
“Welcome back! Good to see you!”
Grandma’s Skillet
A free verse poem by
Tish Clarke

6. Continue writing our story
Continue writing our story. Focus on details and using your Science vocabulary!
Writing Prompt: Creative Writing
Explain how the girl was captured in a jar and describe the events from the perspective of the girl or the plants. Be sure to describe the setting in vivid detail and make the plants come alive with personification. Once you have established how she came to be in this setting, describe the events that happen next. Be sure to include plant terminology in your writing.

7. Immigration Vocabulary K.I.M. Strategy
Key Word
Information
Memory Cue
Immigrate
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
“coming to”
Let’s try another…

8. Immigration Vocabulary K.I.M. Strategy
Key Word
Information
Memory Cue
Immigrate
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
“coming to”
Emigrate
to leave one country or region to settle in another
“walking away”
Complete this chart in your composition book using the vocabulary list.

9. Arrival at Ellis Island
We will watch the video four times: once to get an understanding of the information. And three more times focusing each time on a different BIG Question.
What surprised me?
What did the author think I already knew?
What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I knew?

10. What do you notice about this chart?

11. Between the 1840’s and the 1900s, America received millions of immigrants. How many had left Ireland by the mid 1900s? Do you know what caused this grate emigration from Ireland?
Watch this video clip and write down the reasons for the great Irish migration.

12. The Statue of Liberty

13. The Statue of Liberty is one of the best known American landmarks
The Statue of Liberty is one of the best known American landmarks. It was a gift to the United States from France to honor their alliance during the American Revolution on July 4, 1884 to commemorate the 100 anniversary of the American Revolution. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

14. Liberty Island
The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island, which was once known as Bedloe's Island.
Liberty Island is located in the New York harbor near Ellis Island. The statue welcomed new immigrants to the United States who entered the country through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.

15. The Designers
The Statue of Liberty was designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.
The figure was formed of copper sheets wrapped into an iron framework as part of a support system devised by the French civil engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
The pedestal was designed by the American architect Richard Morris Hunt.

16. Measurements of Lady Liberty
Total weight of statue: 450,000 pounds (225 tons)
Total height of the statue: 111 feet, 1 inch tall

17. Lady Liberty’s Shoe Size
Length of sandal:
25'-0"
US Women's Shoe Size based on standard formula: 879
(Length (inches)= ({[US Women's Size]-1}/3)

18. Lady Liberty’s Crown
7 Spikes in the Crown represent: - Either Seven Seas:    Arctic, Antarctic, North & South Atlantic, North
& South Pacific, Indian. - Or Seven Continents:    North and South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, Antarctica, Australia

19. How many steps would it take to get to the top?
Steps to crown: 354 steps (22 stories). This height is not recommended for those with health problems.
Steps from ground to top of pedestal: 192

20. “The New Colossus”
Originally conceived as a gesture of international friendship, the statue has become a global symbol of freedom.
Marking the arrival of millions of immigrants to the U.S.
In 1903 the sonnet “The New Colossus” by the U.S. poet Emma Lazarus was inscribed at the main entrance to the pedestal.

21. Emma Lazarus 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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

22. Can you go inside the statue?
The Statue has been closed since September 11, 2001 when the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists, the longest closure in its history, exceeding the period of closure for the two-year restoration in 1986.
It reopened August 3, Visitors are only allowed to climb the statue's 154-foot-tall pedestal and the crown remains closed.

23. The Great Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Read about one of our greatest symbols of democracy and liberty, The Statue of Liberty. When you read about the most significant parts, draw them in your notebook and summarize.

24. The Great Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Partner Work: Using dictionaries, find the correct definition for each underlined word and determine a good synonym. Rewrite the poem in modern day language.

25. Stop and Jot Important Facts about Immigration in the 1800s

26. What does this mean?

27. Don’t Bite the Hand That’s Feeding You
Quickly illustrate the stanzas!
What feelings and thoughts does this song trigger in you?
2. If you were an immigrant in America, how would this song make you feel?

28. Deconstructing the History of Ellis Island
Create a timeline of important events that occurred at Ellis Island.

29. How did immigrants contribute to the growth of the United States?
Using your composition books, read the various texts and analyze the primary sources to answer your questions. Move from table to table as you finish – no more than 5 per table!

30. Partner Work
20 minutes
Complete “Everything Visual” with your partner about your infographic. You have 20 minutes. Partner up with someone else and discuss your chart with them. What did you learn?

31. As I read the Preface and Coming Over, I want you to take notes about things that surprise you in your composition book.
I was shocked by..
I was surprised by …
I never thought…
I could not believe…
Really?

32. Watch a short documentary…
Read the section you have been assigned and write 4-6 things that surprise you on your chart. After completing your section, write a summary sentence to explain the life of an immigrant child regarding the information you discovered.
At Home
At School
At Work
At Play
Watch a short documentary…

33. “I Am…” poem
Put yourself in an immigrant’s shoes and write a poem from his or her perspective. Use the information you know about immigration and Ellis Island to write your poem.

34. If you were emigrating to America, what would you bring and why?
What did immigrants bring?

35. Preparing to Emigrate
Making preparations to emigrate was no small task. The first obstacle to overcome was the cost. Many families scrimped and saved for years in order to put aside enough money to pay the fare. Because of the high cost, most emigrants, although not numbered among the wealthy (since these people had little reason to leave), were also not among the destitute. It often cost the equivalent of over one-third a laborer’s annual income to bring an average-sized family to America.

36. Preparing to Emigrate
Emigrants also had to plan carefully to decide what to bring with them. With limited space available on their voyage, they only had room for the bare necessities. This often consisted of clothes, tools (if the family’s livelihood came from a skilled trade), a family Bible or other valuable family heirlooms, and basic provisions for the trip.
Before heading to the designated port of departure, emigrants bid their families and friends farewell. Although a few returned, most would never see their loved ones or homes again.

37. Preparing to Emigrate
Once emigrants arrived at the port of departure, a few obstacles remained. Emigrants had to pass various physical exams to ensure a certain level of health before embarking. This was to prevent the spread of disease while on board as well as to prevent diseases from being carried to the destination country. Physical exams and eye exams (to make sure travelers did not have trachoma, a chronic conjunctivitis) sometimes held emigrants up for days or even an entire week.

38. What would you bring?
Choose one of the time periods you have read about in your text and explain what country you are emigrating from and why you are coming to America. Describe what you would bring with you as an immigrant and why it is important. You must include clothing, heirloom pieces, and personal items. Consider the weight and size of the trunk you will be packing for your journey when deciding what items to bring.
Write your essay with vivid details and make your immigrant come alive!

39. Immigration Essay *3-5 paragraphs with vivid and figurative language
*Clear Beginning:
     -Push Factor--country, life, family, conflict
     -Pull Factor--your hopes for a better life in America
*Detailed Body:
     -Preparation for the journey...heirloom and why
     -journey itself
     -embarking on Ellis Island
*Defined Ending:
     -What happened at Ellis Island
     -Immediate plans and dreams for new life

40. Immigrate Vocabulary Review
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.

41. to leave one country or region to settle in another
Vocabulary Review
Emigrate
to leave one country or region to settle in another

42. a family possession handed down from generation to generation
Vocabulary Review
Heirloom
a family possession handed down from generation to generation

43. Industrial Revolution
Vocabulary Review
Industrial Revolution
the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began in the 1800s, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, etc.

44. Chinese Exclusion Act Vocabulary Review
Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892

45. Foreign by birth; not native to the country in which one resides.
Vocabulary Review
Foreign-Born
Foreign by birth; not native to the country in which one resides.

46. Refugee Vocabulary Review
a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.

47. to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
Vocabulary Review
Detain
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.

48. documentation Vocabulary Review
a furnishing with documents, as to substantiate a claim (in this context: paperwork needed to immigrate)

49. Green Card Vocabulary Review
an official card, originally green, issued by the U.S. government to foreign nationals permitting them to work in the U.S.

50. Americanize Vocabulary Review
to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the U.S.

51. Migrate Vocabulary Review
to go from one country, region, or place to another.

52. Vocabulary Review
Influx
act of flowing in.

53. Naturalized Vocabulary Review
to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.

54. Citizen Vocabulary Review
a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection