Immigration Links

Library of Congress – Immigration – This feature presentation links students to primary sources from the Library of Congress’ online collections. Click here to read the Guide to Navigation before you start exploring this wonderful website.
Interviews with today’s immigrants – To view a project select the appropriate region of the world from the bottom drop down menu. Click “show me,” then select the specific interview you wish to see.
Young Immigrants’ Stories – Read and listen to young immigrants tell their own stories on the Scholastic database.
Immigration Data – Explore Immigration data by Decade or by Region.
Chronicling America – Digitized newspapers put in your search terms including state, years for search (start with the year you are most interested in) and a search term such as “immigrant*”
Liners on the Water – View primary documents to learn more about what the trip was like for immigrants traveling to America.

Ellis Island

Ellis Island Interactive Tour – Follow in the immigrants’ footsteps by taking this tour made by Scholastic. You’ll hear first-hand stories told by people who came through Ellis Island; see historical photographs and films; read fascinating facts; and discover the central role this station played in the story of American immigration.
Ellis Island Official Home Page – Use top tabs to learn about the history of Ellis Island, about the thousands of people who passed through it, view timelines and photographs.
Ellis Island From the History Channel Virtual Field Trip of Ellis Island – Click on the tab for virtual field trip and spend 30 minutes on a tour of the building today.
Immigrant Journey: Statue of Liberty National Monument History – Learn more about the journeys immigrants endured when they came to America. From the American Park Network.
The Ellis Island Fire of 1897 – You can read an original account of what happened.

The Ships

Steerage Passengers – Learn about conditions on board the ships for Norwegian passengers staying in steerage.
Ship List – Be sure you only use a ship that is within the time period you are talking about.

Immigrant Life in the U.S.A.

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum – Take a virtual tour of a typical tenement apartment immigrants would have lived in.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum – Another view of tenement apartments from Channel 13.

Immigration Today

Stories of Yesterday and Today – explore Immigration data by Decade or by Region from Scholastic
ProCon- Immigration – Learn about the current debate going on over the Mexican Border Fence, illegal immigration issues today, and look at a timeline of immigration for the U.S.

Immigrant Groups

Irish

Irish-Catholic Immigrationhttp://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/From the Library of Congress. Pictures and text telling about the history of Irish immigration to America.
Irish Potato Famine http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/america.htm From the History Place. Overview of what it was like for Irish immigrants to the different East Coast cities.
Potato Famine http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/famine_and_emigration/ from the BBC
Irish Fair in NYC http://www.gifnyc.com/
Irish Celtic Festival at Hunter Mountain, NY http://www.huntermtn.com/huntermtn/festivals/summer-festivals-celtic.aspx
Home for the Heart http://www.ailf.org/exhibit/ex_irishim.htm The Story of Irish Immigration.

Italian

Italian Immigrationhttp://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/ the Library of Congress. Pictures and text telling about the history of Italian immigration to America.
Italian American Contributions http://www.niaf.org/research/contribution.asp Lots of information about how America has benefited from them. From the National Italian American Foundation.
Italian Festivals in the USA http://www.niaf.org/research/festivals.asp
St. Anthony’s Festival http://www.stanthonysfeast.com/board.html#about find out about this Italian festival in New England.

German

German Immigrationhttp://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/From the Library of Congress. Pictures and text telling about the history of German immigration to America.

Polish

Polish/Russian Immigrationhttp://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/From the Library of Congress. Pictures and text telling about Polish and Russian immigrants immigrating to America.
Polish Immigration–http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/kane98/kane_p3_immig/Poland/Polish.html#Intro Learn about the first and second waves of immigrants.

Russian

Russian Immigrationhttp://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/From the Library of Congress. Pictures and text telling about the history of Russian immigration to America.

Create your own Timeline by Date, Time or Event. Save as JPEG and incorporate in your final product (Word, PowerPoint, PhotoStory)

IMMIGRATION

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.7 – I can use the computer to conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

EQ – How can I research a topic effectively on the computer while using google slides to document my findings?

Only use credible sources
Use your own words
Find as much information as you can and narrow it down later
Use the tools within Google slides to use your time wisely

Vocab – Push/Pull: Push and pull factors are those factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them.

Project Links

Immigration Project – Stark/Silverstein

Immigration Project – Figurell

Immigration Project – Donovan

Immigration Project – Chaz/Skeans

Be Internet Awesome

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When you finish evaluating a classmates presentation and yours has been evaluated, you can go on NITRO TYPE and practice your typing skills.

School Climate Survey

Today we will be taking the school climate survey.

Click HERE to start the school climate survey.

You will be clicking…

Appoquinimink #29

then click…

Silver Lake Elementary School #10

You can work on anything in your Google Drive, Typing.com, or Khan Academy after you are finished.

Kidzbop Youtube Channel

Everyone Can Code!

confirm("Hi!");
prompt("What would you like to make?");
alert("Anyone can code!);

If you finish…

Variable Hunt

Tech club is on the hunt for variables! Head to Khan Academy and browse the projects page. Open an app and look through the code. Find a variable and complete the form below! Take some time to play the game/project as well.

HAVE FUN!

Non-Fiction Animal Project

Non-Fiction Animal Project

PRESENTATION SELF-ASSESSMENT

3rd – 5th

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRESENTATION

You must have 9 or more slides (this includes the title page)
All slides must include a transition and/or animation(s)
Each slide must have the correct title somewhere on the slide (title of the slide is in bold)
Add one image per slide
- 3rd Grade – At least 3 sentences of information per slide
- 4th Grade – At least 4 sentences of information per slide
- 5th grade – At least 5 sentences of information per slide
Your text must in paragraph form.
Add ONE video to the last slide

Slide 1 – Title Slide (Does not need 3-5 sentences like the rest)

Slide 2- Habitat

Slide 3 – Food

Slide 4 – Life Cycle

Slide 5 – Body

Slide 6 – How do they communicate?

Slide 7 – Can this animal be a pet?

Slide 8 – Fun Facts

Slide 9 – Video (Does not need 3-5 sentences like the rest)

Grade 1

Today, we will be practicing our mouse skills. Please click the link below to get started.

Mouse Skills

Grade 2

Grades 3,4,& 5

3rd/4th/5th Grade Technology Pre Assessment

We use this assessment to determine our students academic growth in technology class.This is a pre-test, which means you are not expected to know all of the answers, So, please just do the best that you can.

Please go to the link below:

https://b.socrative.com/login/student/

Enter Room # 710833

Complete the Technology Pre Assessment.

TAKE YOUR TIME!

After you have taken your time and answered all of the questions in a thoughtful manner. After you are finished the assessment, you can head over to typing.com and practice your typing skills. You are allowed to listen to music on Kidzbop if you prefer.

Good Luck!

Mr. Mause