Ellis Island Web-quest 1. Open the Internet and go to the following website: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/ 2. Read the introduction and answer the following question: How many immigrants came through Ellis Island on their way to America? [1] More than 12 million 3. Click on “Learn more about Ellis Island” and answer the following questions: Where is Ellis Island located? [1] In New York Harbor‚ near Manhattan Who was the President that established an immigration station
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antiquity and Ancient Egypt‚ paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters‚ and an extensive collection of American and modern art. Landmark The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor‚ designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28‚ 1886. The statue‚ a gift to the United States from the people of France‚ is of a robed female figure representing Libertas‚ the Roman goddess of freedom‚ who bears a torch and a tabula
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Men In Black facility. In the final chapters of the story the Men in Black push to great lengths to erase the memory of the people of New York City who have faced the catastrophic events with the aliens‚ they build a giant neutralizer into the Statue of Liberty and set it off. The lives that the aliens possess and the actions Men in Black take expresses postmodernism. The idea that the world we live in now is corrupt and any knowledge of the unknown is to be quarantined or
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silent lips give me your tired‚ your poor‚our huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ the wretched refuse of your teeming shore‚ send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tossed to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” This quote shows that the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of hope to the immigrants and they come to live in America to be free or to live a new life.” Another quote is from a letter called What is an American? And it says “They receive ample rewards for their labours; these accumulated
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What is “America” means to me My poster board is broken up into five different sections. My first section of my collage is pictures of America’s most famous symbols‚ such as the White House‚ the flag‚ Mount Rushmore‚ and the Statue of Liberty. The second section of my collage is labeled ideals and values. The pictures I choose were family‚ wealth‚ products‚ and democracy. Family‚ wealth‚ and products are three things Americans strive for; it’s a common goal for most of us. Democracy is something
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his attitude wasn’t so great. Do you think the ideas of Americans today regarding immigrants are different or similar to the ideas expressed on the base of the Statue of Liberty? If so‚ how? I do not think the ideas of Americans today regarding to immigrants are different to the ideas expressed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. I think what has really changed is the attitude towards the immigrants cultures. There is one difference though‚ Immigrants back then were more legal immigrants they
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|Hello my name is David Hummingbird and I am going to talk about belonging | |and how it is a common theme in many different texts. The “immigrant | |chronicles” by Peter Skrzynecki is a collection of poems that explores | |belonging to place‚ relationships and community and the pain | |uncertainty of not belonging. Belonging is a way of having acceptance‚ | |security and fulfilment whether it’s belonging to a group of friends‚ | |family‚ race or culture‚ In the movie “Freedom
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clothes‚ my toys‚ my books and other articles that I would need on the flight and in America. My mind was filled with various ideas about how I would spend my time with my cousins. I started dreaming about Disney world‚ Universal studios‚ the Statue of Liberty‚ the Grand Canyon and all the other tourist attractions that I had read about in magazines. My father took me shopping the same day because he felt that I would need some more things to take with me. We bought gifts for my cousins and my uncle
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and the writer of the message. 4. A. Go see the Statue of Liberty. Declarative B. If you were to climb to the top of the statue‚ then you could share in the breathtaking feeling experienced by many hopeful immigrants. Conditional C. For over a century‚ it has greeted immigrants and visitors to America. Imperative D. Did you know the Statue of Liberty is made of copper and stands over 150 feet tall? Interrogative E. The Statue of Liberty is amazing! Exclamatory 5. Satire is literary work
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Red‚ White‚ and Beer Pg534 Paragraph 1: Like‚ when I see those strongly pro-American Chrysler commercials‚ the ones where the winner of the Bruce Springsteen Sound-Alike Contest sings about how The Pride Is Back‚ the ones where Lee Iacocca himself comes striding out and practically challenges the president of Toyota to a Knife fight‚ I get this warm‚ pound feeling inside‚ the same kind of feeling I get whenever we hold routine naval maneuvers off the coast of Libya. Paragraph 2: What we are
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