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The Statue of Liberty National Monument

The Statue of Liberty (Library of Congress)

Statue of Liberty National Monument includes the statue on Liberty Island in New York Harbor as well as the former immigration center on nearby Ellis Island, encompassing a total area of 24 ha (58 acres). The monument was established in 1924, when Liberty Island was known as Bedloe's Island. The island was renamed in 1956 by an act of Congress. The monument is reached by a short ferry ride from Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan Island. The statue was refurbished as part of a 3-year, $30 million project completed in 1986. A visitor center in the base of the statue offers displays describing the history of the statue's construction as well as aspects of the tide of 19th-century immigration that swept by there. The Museum of Immigration was opened in 1990 on three floors of the refurbished immigration center on Ellis Island. It displays representative articles from among the baggage that immigrants brought with them. The focal point is the Great Hall, where immigrants were given medical examinations and interviewed. The monument was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984.

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Esperanza Rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee from their home in Mexico to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without the fancy dresses and servants to which they were accustomed on Rancho de las Rosas.

Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression.

"A poignant look at the realities of immigration." — Horn Book

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Esperanza Rising

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Immigration Then & Now

See below for complete list of titles. Appropriate titles of equal value may be substituted if any of the listed titles are unavailable at shipping time.

Set Includes:

Angel Island
The Colors of Freedom
If You Lived 100 Years Ago
If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island
Immigrant Kids
The Industrial Revolution
Jane Addams
New Kids in Town: Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens
Primary Sources Teaching Kit: Immigration
Standing Tall: The Stories of
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Immigration Then & Now

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LESSON PLAN	Web of Interdependence Students learn a lesson about colonial interdependence using a ball of string to illustrate how different jobs and positions in a community are...

UNIT PLAN	Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Students learn the various reasons people come to America through oral histories of recent and historic immigrants, recognize immigrant contributions,and...

ONLINE ACTIVITY	Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Find out what it means to come to the U.S. as an immigrant from the early 20th century through today! Talk to recent immigrants, take a tour...