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    Ellis Island (c) unknown

    The long way to America

    WebQuest 8th form, English first foreign language



    Immigrating to the United States through Ellis Island at the
    beginning of the 20th century



    • Designed by Andrea Schauf, Franken-Gymnaisum, Zülpich

      Webquest-Moodle-Template by Dirk Weller,

      "Moodleized" by Marc Lachmann, Gymnasium Filder Benden, Moers

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    1. Introduction

    Remember, remember always, that all of us... are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    The landing (c) unknown

    • Icon Abstimmung
      Are you without prejudice? Abstimmung

    • Except for the minority of Native Americans everybody who lives in the United States is an immigrant or the descendant of an immigrant. Almost 40 percent of the population of the USA can trace their ancestry back to someone who came to the USA through Ellis Island. Why did those people come to the USA? What happened on Ellis Island? How were immigrants received?

      You will learn the answers to these questions while you, an immigrant living around 1900, travel from your country of origin to the United States. You will leave your country, your family and your friends to start a new life in the "land of the free". How will the journey be? Will they let you in on Ellis Island? Will your life be better in the USA?


      Before you start, we need some information about you.

      YOU have to decide who you are: (c) unknown

      • Where are you from?
      • How old are you?
      • Are you a man or a woman?
      • What is your profession (Beruf)?
      • Have you saved some money? How much (in $)?
      • Are you going on your own?
      • Do you have any relatives in the USA? Where do they live?
      • Are you healthy?

    • Icon Datenbank
      IMMIGRATION-DATABASE: We want to know your biography!!! Datenbank

    • Now, dear immigrant, prepare for the long journey ........  and go on to the Task section.

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    2.The Task

    You will search the Internet for information about immigration to the USA through Ellis Island. You will use the information you learn to write four diary entries of an immigrant who has entered the USA through Ellis Island. The four diary entries will focus on four different aspects of the immigration process:

    • In your first diary entry, write about the reasons for which you want to emigrate to the USA. Why do you want to leave your country of origin? Why do you want to go to the USA?

    • In your second diary entry, write about your journey to America. What do you take with you? Do you go on your own? How do you travel there? Describe the atmosphere aboard the ship so that the reader of your diary entry can imagine what travelling aboard an overcrowded ship at the beginning of the 20th century was like.

    • In your third diary entry, describe your day on Ellis Island. What are the first things you see when you come to America? What happens after your arrival? Do the inspectors let you pass all the exams without problems? What do you see, hear and smell on your first day in America?

    • In your fourth diary entry, describe your first day as an immigrant in the USA. Do you stay in New York? Do you travel to another town? Do you already know where you are going to work? Are you going to see friends or relatives who live in the USA? Are you happy to be in America?

    • When you have finished your diary entries, we will discuss the results in class. You will choose the diary entries that will be shown in an exhibition. Write your diaries on a sheet of paper or with a word-processing-software like Open Office.
       


    You'll find all necessary links and information in the Process section.

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    3./4.The Process / The Recources

    In this section you will find all sorts of material and information that will help you complete the tasks. Complete one task after the other.
    If you find it hard to remember and organize the amount of information you are given on the Internet pages, you might find it easier to answer the questions in the "HOW TO: Task 1-4" sections first. These questions will guide you to the most important information.


      help You don't understand a word? help

    In addition to the list of words you were given at the beginning, you can use a dictionary or you can use Online-Dictionary LEO. Just fill in the unkown word below.

    You can look up new words here:
    LEO - Link Everything Online

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    5.Evaluation

    Each of you will hand in the four diary entries, but only the best should be posted in the forum (Evaluation of the webquest ) below!
    They will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

    1. Do you have four complete diary entries?
    2. Is each diary entry focused on the aspects described in the Task section of this WebQuest, i.e. did you do what you were asked to do?
    3. Are the facts that you mention in your diary entries accurate?
    4. Are the facts presented in a logical and well-structured way?
    5. Language: Is the language you use grammatically correct? Do you use idiomatic expressions? Do you use some of the new words? Are your sentences complex and connected in a logical way?

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    6.Conclusion

    During the last few lessons, you have left your country and you have tried to immigrate to the USA. You have travelled across the Atlantic, you have seen New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty and you have gone through the immigration procedures on Ellis Island. Now you know what immigration to the USA at the beginning of the 20th century was like.

    At Kommern you can learn a lot about this topic, especially about the early settlers and their lives. If you want to read some extra texts on this exhibition, you can use these links:

    http://www.migration.lvr.de/

    http://www.kommern.de/

    But what about today's immigrants? Find out for yourself:

    http://www.us-immigration.org/

    http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/11664/1.html

    Or read about illegal immigrants at the Mexican border: English G 2000 A4 pp.110-111.

     

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    presentation7. Presentation

    • Anmerkung

      Viele Moodle-Werkzeuge sind geeignet, um die einzelnen Ergebnisse innerhalb des Kursraumes zu sichern und den übrigen Schülern zur Verfügung zu stellen.

      Spätestens bei der Ergebnispräsentation empfehle ich jedoch, diese abseits des Computers im Plenum zu besprechen.

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    Anmerkung des Kurserstellers:


    Anhand dieses moodle-WebQuests soll gezeigt werden, dass vorhanden Materialien einfach, schnell und mit einem gewissen Mehrwert in das moodle-System übertragen werden können.
    Der Kursersteller Marc Lachmann hat keine der hier vorgefundenen Materialien entwickelt oder zusammengestellt. Es wurden lediglich kleiner Modifikationen vorgenommen.

    Der Dank gilt daher...
    • Dirk Weller, der das Template für das moodle-WebQuest erstellt hat.

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