| Name: Ellis Island Scavenger Hunt Directions: 1. Please type in the following web site address correctly: http://www.geocities.com/lothropimmigration 2. Next click on the underlined words that read Virtual Tour of Ellis Island 3. Please answer the questions below as you click through the eight different stops that immigrants took when they reached Ellis Island. Ellis Island served as an important immigrant processing center from 1892-1954. Questions: AN INTERACTIVE TOUR OF ELLIS ISLAND 1. Draw a pie chart, which represents the 40% if Americans that can trace their roots to an ancestor who passed through Ellis Island. 2. ________________________________ immigrants passed through the doors of Ellis Island while it was open. 3. What was their hope? STOP 1: THE ARRIVAL 1. After a ship landed, where were the new arrivals taken by ferry to at Ellis Island? 2. This is the year that Ellis Island opened.____________________________ 3. Who was the first immigrant to arrive at Ellis Island after it opened?________________________________________________________________________ 4. How old was she?___________________________ 5. What country was she originially from?_______________________________________ 6. Who was she meeting?____________________________________________________ Now click on the word PHOTO in the box to the left of the picture and answer these questions. 1. Who did not have to go through (be processed at) Ellis Island? 2. Where were the first and second-class passengers processed? 3. What was the difference between the people processed on the ship and those that went through Ellis Island? STOP 2: THE BAGGAGE ROOM: 1. When immigrants entered through the ground floor baggage room, what did they have to leave behind? 2. Where did they go after they left their personal belongings? 3. What happened in the Great Hall? Now click on the word PHOTO in the box to the left of the picture and answer this question. 1. During the 62 years in operation, how many babies were born on Ellis Island? STOP 3: STAIRWAYS TO THE GREAT HALL: 1. What was the six-second medical exam? 2. What were the doctors looking for as the immigrants walked up the stairs? 3. What happened to immigrants if they had a medical problem or disability? 4. What happened to the immigrants if they had chalk marks on them? NEXT |