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Pathfinder: United States Immigration through Ellis Island |
Scope:
This Pathfinder is designed to take you through different aspects of immigration and the immigrants who came through Ellis Island for your 8th grade English and Social Studies projects. You are responsible for a research paper that incorporates various database, Internet and print sources.
Introduction:
The United States saw an influx of immigrants from the 1892 – 1954. Many of these people came from European countries and entered the United States through Ellis Island. This was the gateway for more than 12 million people looking for a better life in the United States. One of the first things they saw was the Statue of Liberty. This monument signified freedom and a new life for these people.
America has been called many things including "a nation of immigrants." Many of us can trace our roots to people who came here through Ellis Island. There are many websites and books that help research genealogy.
Ellis Island played an important part in the immigration process. It has been called both an "Island of Tears" and an "Island of Hope." Ellis Island closed its doors as an immigration station in 1954 and became a national historical site with the Statue of Liberty in 1965.
Subject Headings and Books:
The following subject headings will guide your research when searching our OPAC and can also be used as keywords when searching our databases and other Internet sites. Some of the headings have the corresponding Dewey Decimal numbers to help you find books for your research paper.
Use the following subject headings as keywords:
Works of interest:
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, is a poem written in 1893 and is found on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
325.73 Island of Hope, Island of Tears was written in 1979 and is BRO a book that is still used to relate first hand accounts of people who came to this country through Ellis Island. You may even find one of your own ancestors here!
304.8 Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis island and the Journey to SAN America by Martin W. Sandler is another book of primary sources, giving personal accounts of immigrants' journeys to the United States and includes interesting pictures.
Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Handbooks, Biographies:
REF American Immigration. (1999). (vols. 1-10). 304.8 Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational. AME
REF Encyclopedia of American Immigration. (2001). 304.8 (vols. 1-4). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. ENC
REF The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition. 031 (1998). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. BRI
REF The World Book Encyclopedia. 2003 edition. 031 Chicago: World Book, Inc. WOR
REF United States Immigration: A Reference Handbook. 304.8 by E. Willard Miller and Ruby M.Miller (1996). Santa MIL Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO
REF Kidbits. by Bob Italiano, illustrator, and Jenny Tesar 031.02 (1999). Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch Press. KID
REF The World Almanac of the U.S.A. by Allan Carpenter 973 and Carl Provorse. (1998). New York: World Almanac CAR Books.
REF The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New 031.02 York: World Almanac Books. WOR
REF Macmillan Illustrated Almanac for Kids by Ann 051 Elwood, Carol Orsag, Sidney Solomon, and Lindsey ELW Barrett, illustrator. (1981). New York: Macmillan.
304.8 Ellis Island Interviews: In Their Own Words. by Peter COA Morton Coan. (1997). New York: Facts on File.
World Book Online (database): http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=Ellis+Island&x=15&y=23
Grolier Online (database): http://auth.grolier.com/login/go_login.html
Bibliographies:
"Roots on the Web." by
Thomas Jay Kemp (January 1, 1998). School Library Journal, Jan.
1998.
Kerr, M., & Cookston, J. S. (1986). A Resource Guide for Celebrating the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. From database ERIC. ERIC Number: ED314312.
Berg, R. L. (2005). Ellis Island and American immigration. Book Links, Sept. 2005, v15 (1) p57-62. from EBSCOhost, MAS Ultra – School Edition database. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=18257108&site=src-live
Abstracts and Indexes:
"Old New York." Geographical; Oct2006, Vol. 78 Issue 10. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=10&hid=5&sid=1f17ee3e-d0a4-40a1-9f9c-f23c2d3b1553%40SRCSM2
"Look How Far You’ve Come." Pennsylvania State Dept. Of Education. Harrisburg Bureau of Curriculum Services. (BBB09096) (1977). ERIC Number: ED173182. from ERIC database.
Allen County Public Library Foundation, PERSI Project (1987). Periodical Source Index. LC#: CS1.
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/persi.html Journals:
You can locate historical information about Ellis island and the Statue of Liberty using the following links:
Cobblestone, Feb 2006 v27 i2 p7(2). Cobblestone is
published 9 times yearly. We have a print copy of
this journal in our media center archives. Published report http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=10991292&site=src-live
National Parks
is published 4 times yearly.
Cobblestone, Feb2006, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p14-18. Cobblestone is published 9 times yearly. We have a print copy of this journal in our media center archives.
Government Sources:
The National Park
Service: Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island
FirstGov for Kids: Ellis Island. http://firstgovsearch.gov/search?v%3Aproject=firstgov-kids&query=ellis+island
Internet Sources:
Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today. Scholastic, Inc. 2006. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/index.htm
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Comprehensive web site that includes links to sites and article pertaining to various ethnic groups, Ellis Island, and the Statue of Liberty http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html
Coming to America: Past and Present Project developed by students that give history and interesting facts. http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111932/index.htm
From One Life to Another Articles, tours, genealogy exploration and archival pictures. http://library.advanced.org/26786/
Immigration: Living Mosaic of People, Culture and Hope Includes different ethnic groups, timeline, stories from real people, the history of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/
The History Channel: Ellis Island Offers timeline and history. http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1459
The next two sites may help locate your own family roots;
Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html
Cyndi’s List of genealogy Sites on the Internet http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm
Associations:
Statue of Liberty –
Ellis Island Foundation Between Race and Ethnicity The Butte Irish Century of European Migrations, 1830-1930 Family, Church, and Market Germans in the New World Immigrant World of Ybor City Labor and Community Les Icariens Liberty: The Statue and the American Dream Making of an American Pluralism Persistence of Ethnicity
Newsletter:
Center for Migration
Studies of New York Publications:
Ellis Island Medal of
Honor Society
Publications: Heritage Cookbook
Linda S. Chesebro November 18, 2006
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