[LM_NET] immigration history resource

[Jeff Tancil <jtancil@TENEMENT.ORG>]

Hello,

I am new to the list and hope the link below is of use.  The Tenement
Museum recently launched From Ellis Island to Orchard Street, an online
game aimed at helping teachers immerse students in immigration history.


 

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.  

 

Thank you,

 

Jeff Tancil

Director of Web Development

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

 

 

From Ellis Island to Orchard Street

 

http://www.tenement.org/immigrate

 

 

The Tenement Musuem's new interactive game takes you back to 1916...and
on a journey to America.  The game begins in old Europe, where players
create a virtual identity and pack belongings for the trip to New York
City.  Once on the shores of their new country, players experience the
rigorous inspection at Ellis Island and head to their new neighborhood:
the Lower East Side.  

 

Along the way, players get advice from Victoria Confino, a young Turkish
immigrant who is wise to the ways of America.  Victoria even welcomes
players in to her crowded tenement apartment, where they make choices
about what they will do for money, food and fun in America.

 

  

From Ellis Island to Orchard Street has been designed to provide an
immersive, fun approach to teaching immigration history.  It features:

 

*       Primary source documents from the early 20th Century 
*       Period photos of Ellis Island and the Lower East Side 
*       360-degree, virtual reality views of Victoria Confino's 1916
tenement apartment. 
*       A passport that players can print and bring to be stamped at the
Tenement Museum
*       Videos of Victoria Confino discussing what it was like to
immigrate and adjust to life in America. 
*       Postcards that players can write, print and send. 

 

 


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