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- Mrs. Pollpeter and Mrs. Seltman lead students through the Ellis Island medical examination.
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- A map of the US and a list of possible jobs helps “new arrivals” start their new life.
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- Miss Trickett questions students about their life before the US. Each student had an immigrant profile, including a nation of origin, age and family.
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- Mrs. Vopava and Mrs. Carter help students determine where they will settle in the US and what occupation they will pursue.
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- Mrs. Jennings stamps the documentation for new arrivals as they prepare to enter the U.S.
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- At the end of the journey the student-immigrants pass the Statue of Liberty.
Before students embarked on Thanksgiving Break, third grade students at Fisher Elementary embarked on another journey – one through the history of Ellis Island and immigration in the early 20th Century.
Third grade students participated in a simulation Tuesday, Nov. 26, that took them through the different steps experienced by immigrants arriving at Ellis Island around the turn of the last century.
Read more about their experience in the Marshalltown Times-Republican.
