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IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • Ancient and Modern Migrations
  • A Nation of Immigrants
  • The Immigrant Experience
  • Today's Immigrants
  • U.S. Immigration Since 1820
  • How to Become a U. S. Citizen
  • Immigrants Around the World
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  • AR QUIZ AVAILABLE
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 1000L
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Sample Text
"What would it take for you to pack up just a few of your most cherished possessions and move permanently to another country - war, famine, or persecution due to your religion, race, or political beliefs? Or would you move simply for the chance to make a lot more money than you now have? Throughout history, people have become immigrants for these and other reasons. But no matter what the cause. . . "
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
ELLIS ISLANDELLIS ISLAND
"In the 62 years between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million people landed on a tiny island in New York City's harbor. They were all immigrants -men, women, and children who had left their native lands to come to the United States. Some, such as the Jews of Eastern Europe, were escaping religious persecution. Others were fleeing famine or seeking economic improvement. To all of them, Ellis Island. . . "
STATUE OF LIBERTYSTATUE OF LIBERTY
"It's 1865 and Professor Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye is giving a dinner party at his home near Versailles, France. The professor is an expert on the history of the United States, where the Civil War has just ended. Laboulaye is pleased that the Union won and slavery has been abolished. The conversation turns to politics. The guests recall how the French had sent soldiers, arms, ships,. . . "
VALUE-PACKED SETS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Ellis Island (Visiting the Past). By Tristan Boyer Binns, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2001.
  • We Are Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience. By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler, Scholastic, 2003.
  • Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island and the Journey to America. By Martin W. Sandler, Scholastic, 2004.
  • Land of Dreams (Ellis Island Stories). By Joan Lowery Nixon, Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2001.
  • Arriving at Ellis Island (Events That Shaped America). By Marylee Knowlton and Dale Anderson, Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2002.
ADULT BOOKS
  • Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What it Means to Be American. By Tamar Jacoby, Basic Books, 2004.
  • Crossing the BLVD: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America. By, Warren Lehrer, Judith Sloan, W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.
  • The New Americans. By Michael Barone, Regnery Publishing, 2001.
WEBSITES
  • Ellis Island Immigration Museum: www.ellisisland.com
  • History Channel - Ellis Island: www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html
  • Scholastic Teachers - Ellis Island: teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration
  • PBS - New Americans: www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • National Park Service, Ellis Island (NY):
    www.nps.gov/elis