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= Immigration Studies - 5th Grade = //LOC, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24714378//

//**In addition to books on your library shelf, here are some websites to use for your research:**//
http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/usim_wn.html http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/migration/chapter52.html
 * Why did they come?**

//http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/timeline.html// http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=002690
 * Timeline**s:

//**Steamships**// //http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/5_2.html// media type="custom" key="7388709" The Red Star Line http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/public/red-star-line/ (scroll down to read about immigrant travel)
 * Video:** at about 7 minutes into the film are several minutes about the immigrants' voyages to America:

//**Ellis Island**// //http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp// //Info on immigrant experience, history of Ellis Island, pictures, and timeline.//

http://nyharborparks.org/visit/elis.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/ny/es_ny_ellis_1.html

For details, see http://www.archive.org/details/gov.ntis.ava15996vnb1
 * Movie:** //Island of Hope, Island of Fear (28 minutes)//

media type="youtube" key="GFz_UVjygG4" height="344" width="425" //Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island, 1906//

//**History Channel: Ellis Island Videos**// //http://www.history.com/content/ellis-island//

//**Scholastic**// //http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration///

//**PBS Kids**// //http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/immigration/index-flash.html//

Look through these entries for the stories of people who moved to the U.S.: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query
 * //Personal Stories//**

//**What does the media portray the new immigrants?**// //http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/immigration.html// http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/browse/azBrowse/Immigration

//Editorial cartoons about immigration: What do you see? What can you infer?// http://dcc.newberry.org/collections/immigration-and-citizenship (Newbery Library Digital Classroom Collection) http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0425ramshorn.html http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/0917rmn.html http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/1031ramshorn.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpim.htm http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/immigration/#
 * Miscellaneous Websites:**

//**NYTImes article: Who’s Coming To America**// //http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20090413monday.html//

//**NYTimes Graphic: Who’s Coming to America?**// //http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/f040609_America_CHART.htm//

//**(NYTImes Map: Where are** **new immigrants settling?**// //@http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html)//

//**Irish Immigrants**// //http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm//

//**Immigrants Coming to America from Eastern Slovakia**// //http://www.iarelative.com/kuchta1.htm//

http://www.pgsa.org/Resources/primer.php
 * //Polish Emmigrants//**

//Immigration from Germany (click NEXT button to advance)// http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/german.html#

//Immigrant Life in New York// http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/ny/es_ny_museum_1.html