Tempest Tossed: Ellis Island

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students examine the migration of people to the United States during the time of Ellis Island and the basic economics of their lives as American immigrants. They then will write on “Who had/has it harder? Yesterday’s or Today’s Immigrants.”
Author: 
Julie Leckman and Gale Olp Ekiss
Grade Range: 
High School
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
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Student Materials: 
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application/pdf iconTransportation and Industry in the US in 1860 map
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past