Re: immigration websites

[Susan Roscoe <SusanR50@AOL.COM>]

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Hi Amy
  I just finished an online course on curriculum resources on the internet
taught locally here on Long Island.  This came from one of the assignments:
Hope this attachment is readable.
Susan Roscoe


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Task 11
July 11, 1997
Susan Roscoe
Immigrants of Ellis Island
WEB SITES:
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1.THE ELLIS ISLAND EXPERIENCE =A0 [More Like This] =

URL: =

http://lummi.stanford.edu/class/ed224/WWW/Curriculum_areas/Social_studie
s/immigration2/ellis.shtml =

Summary: Ellis Island was the principal federal immigration station in =

the United States from 1892 to 1954. Ellis Island exists today as a =

testament to the vital importance of immigration in shaping America and =

to the millions of people who passed through its doors.
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2.ELLIS ISLAND-PROCESS
http://www.k12concord.colonial.net/cmsweb/Immigration/Popp.html
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3. International Channel:
http://www.ichannel.com/Ellis/overview.html
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4.History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/historychannel/ellisisle/manylands.html
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5. Ellis Island
http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/ellis_island.html
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6. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
http://www.upapubs.com/guides/insa3.htm
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7. Ellis Island
(Excerpet from the National Park's Service's Brochure)
http://www.sru.edu/depts/artsci/ges/d-3-32.htm
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8 Questions posed to immigrants by Ellis Island Immigration
Huddled masses
 http://www.mds.rmit.edu.au/~ming/result1/mp2.html
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Questions :
1.Where is Ellis Island located? It is located in New York Bay between Ne=
w Jersey and New York under New York jurisdiction. =

(located at #5above)
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2.How long was it in operation as an immigrant processing center? =

=46rom 1892-1943. =

(located at #5)
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3. The approximated total number of immigrants who passed through Ellis I=
sland was 12,000. =

(located at #6)
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4. Years of peak immigration were 1900-1924 . =

(location #7)
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5. The chalk marks included:
B =3D Back
H =3D heart
K =3D hernia
X =3D suspected insanity
X in a circle =3D insanity
G =3D goiter
P=3D Physical and lungs
PG=3D pregnant
S      Senility
SC    Scalp Fungus
C       Conjunctivitus
T        Trachoma
E         Eyes
L          Lameness
(information found at I channel
#3)
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6. Top three countries of origin for Ellis Island Immigrants were =

Italy
Russia
Hungary
(site # 4 History Channel)
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7. Proportion of Ellis Island Immigrants who stayed in New York City.
33 % who settled in New York City
site #8
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8.  The percentage of Ellis Island immigrants that were deported was 2 % =
(about 250,000). Reasons included communicable diseases, mental disorder,=
 inability to prove they had a source of financial support, political dis=
cidents, single women without a source of income.
(site International Channel #3 above)
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9. Why were some immigrants names changed?
The names were taken from the ships manifests where they had been handwri=
tten often illegibly. =

International Channel #3 above)
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