Process
1. Draw a card from the stack provided by your teacher to see who you will become for this web quest.
2. Use the link below to take a tour of Ellis Island.
Tour of Ellis Island
3. Use the information on your card to complete the evaluation form about yourself. According to your score, would YOU have been able to enter the United States?
Evaluation Form
2. Use the link below to take a tour of Ellis Island.
Tour of Ellis Island
3. Use the information on your card to complete the evaluation form about yourself. According to your score, would YOU have been able to enter the United States?
Evaluation Form
4. Write a letter (8-10 sentences long) to your family back home telling them about your experience on the ship, your time on Ellis Island, and what you expect life will be like living in your new country. Are you excited? Scared? Ready to go back home? Why? Use all of the following words in your letter:
-immigrant
-deport
-detain
-examination
-Ellis Island
*Be sure to proofread your final copy. Points will be taken off of the final grade for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
5. Reflect upon your thoughts as you completed this web quest. Use your computer's webcam to create a short video (1-2 minutes long) telling your thoughts on the immigration process in 1912. Was this fair to not accept all of the people who wanted to come to the United States? Why or why not? What would you have changed about the immigration process of 1912? Why?
6. Email your video to your teacher as an attachment.