Ellis Island

​Immigration and the Journey Through Ellis Island

I can explain the typical experience of an immigrant at Ellis Island.

Open Ended

Read the quote below and in 2-3 sentences, share your thoughts on the meaning of the poem.

"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!"

Draw

List Push Factors

• ​War

• Poverty

• No jobs

• Famine​

• Religious Intolerance​

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Push Factors

Draw

List Pull Factors

• Jobs

• Peace

• Opportunity

• Religious Freedom

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​Pull Factors

Multiple Choice

Ellis Island was in

• Hudson Bay

• New York Harbor

• San Francisco Bay

• Chesapeake Bay

Fill in the Blanks

Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, mostly served immigrants from