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Ellis Island Virtual Field Trip
Take the Interactive Tour of Ellis Island. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop1.htm
Read the information about each stop and answer the following questions.
1st Stop: The Passage
List three important facts about immigrants and the trip to America.
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2nd Stop: The Arrival
Why did doctors and health officials board the ship in the harbor before it docked?
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3rd Stop: The Baggage Room
How did officers keep track of immigrants and their belongings?
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4th & 5th Stop: Stairs to the Registry Room & the Registry Room
What disease where immigrants checked for as they climbed the stairs? And what special tool
did doctor’s use?
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5th Stop: The Registry Room What was the Registry Room used for?
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6th Stop: The Medical Exam
Explain what doctors looked for during the medical exam.
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7th Stop: The Legal Inspection
List three types of questions that were asked of immigrants who arrived by steamship.
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8th Stop: Detainees
Why were people who failed the health or legal inspections detained?
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9th Stop: The Stairs of Separation
Describe how people were separated into three aisles down the staircase.
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10th Stop: The Kissing Post
How did the Kissing Post get its nickname?
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