Education Programs in Your School
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This fall the Education Department at Ellis Island will introduce two new pilot programs, Towards a New Home (4th Grade Program): As immigrants prepared to leave their home countries for the United States, many encountered difficult decisions as to what to bring with them on their journey. These passengers departed with heavy hearts and great sacrifice, as they left their homes and family members that many would never see again. Towards a New Home, our newest curriculum-based Punching the Ticket (5th-6th Grade Program): As immigrants finished processing at Ellis Island, many confronted the difficulties of communicating with others in a different language. Symphonies of Italian, Russian, and a host of other languages filled the air as they made their ways to their new homes. Punching the Ticket explores some of the communicative challenges and other difficulties immigrants faced as they settled in the country. A highly-interactive curriculum-based 5th-6th grade program, this activity makes the immigrant experience come alive for students in the classroom. If you would like to learn more about these programs and how you can be part of the pilot process, please email us at STLI_Education_Department@ nps.gov or call 212-363-3200 x180. Please note that we must confine the pilot to the local commuting area. Please do not hesitate to contact us with feedback and questions, regardless of your location, as these help improve the program. |
Did You Know?
Many government agencies have administered the Ellis Island immigration depot. The federal "Bureau of Immigration", later called the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS), inspected immigrants. The agency was eliminated in 2003 and is now called U.S. Customs and Border Protection.