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School Hours 7:50 AM to 2:10 PM

Mr. Klein- 8th Grade Social Studies


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Course Description

The eighth grade curriculum is the second half of a two year sequence in Social Studies that traces the human experience in the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present.  The course includes a study of the social sciences, geography, current events and U.S. History.  Students will have the opportunity to examine primary sources, use technology, write in a variety of formats, create artifacts and share their work with others.  By working independently and cooperatively, they will grow intellectually and socially and apply their sharpened skills to other aspects of their life.

Grading Policy

25% Unit Tests, Projects, 
25% Writing Assignments, DBQs,
25% Student Engagement (Classwork, Participation, Peer Interaction, Classroom, Behavior, Notebook)
25% Homework
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U.S. History 2021-2022

Complete FLASHCARDS / LEARN / TEST / MATCH only
8th Grade Textbook

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lesson_1__the_new_immigrants.pdf
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lesson_3__problems_of_the_new_immigrants.pdf
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slave_states_free_states_studentdocs.pdf
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DBQ - Step by Step

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https://www.icivics.org/games/do-i-have-right
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10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know ​
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U.S. Constitution Quiz:
​Amendments 1-10
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Voices of the Revolution: Two Great Thinkers
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declaration_of_independence.pdf
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analyzing_the_articles_of_confederation.pdf
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nacirema.pdf
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The Do's and Don'ts of Dining Etiquette Around the World [Infographic]​
Dining Etiquette From Around The World | HuffPost
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https://app.peardeck.com/student/tniglkcqz
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​https://www.thinkport.org/tps/mod9/
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​TEDDY ROOSEVELT: THE TRUSTBUSTER

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the_jungle_upton_sinclair.pdf
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http://www.americanyawp.com/text/20-the-progressive-era/
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hw_1_-_immigration_scavenger_hunt__1_.pdf
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https://www.mission-us.org/games/city-of-immigrants/
ellis_island_decision.pdf
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1964 Louisiana Literacy Test by on Scribd

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HOW TO USE KIZOA
https://www.kizoa.com/
https://www.postermywall.com

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​Critic's Picks: The 10 Best Civil War Films | Hollywood Reporter
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Breakout - Western Expansion
Quizziz Western Expansion
The Road to the Civil War
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tinker_v_des_moines_-_short_essay_question.pdf
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https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/archaeology/what-do-you-know-about-archaeology2


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World Map
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luTzSATkw--QxCn2GtGS7i5JR_bDDZ5k/view
New York Map
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Electoral Challenge Game - AWS
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https://www.icivics.org/games/win-white-house

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Games | iCivics
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https://www.icivics.org/
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THE JFK ASSASSINATION: AS IT HAPPENED
JFK ASSASSINATION TIMELINE

An Introduction to the JFK Assassination
Best of Assassination Sites
The Best Online Resources About President John F. Kennedy

Eyewitness Testimony
Who Killed JFK? DBQ

Most People Believe In JFK Conspiracy Theories
9 People Who Killed JFK, According to Conspiracy Theorists​
The Top 5 John F. Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theories
Who or what killed JFK? A guide to the Kennedy conspiracy theories
10 Persistent Kennedy Assassination Theories - Live Science             
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Lee Harvey Oswald Research Page
Lee Harvey Oswald -- Lone Assassin or Patsy?
"I Am Only A Patsy": 6 Reasons why Lee Harvey Oswald was NOT JFK's killer

Killing Conspiracy Theories
What Physics Reveals About the JFK Assassination
JFK Assassination: If The President Hadn't Been Wearing A Back Brace
JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory Debunked by New Gunshot Study

​Did The Babushka Lady Really Film The Assassination Of JFK?
​VIDEO:  JFK Video: The Dallas Tapes
PODCAST: Somewhat Skeptical Podcast - JFK assassination part 1 
PODCAST: ​Somewhat Skeptical Podcast - JFK assassination Part 2 ​​
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Post-Apocalyptic Books
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UNIT 8 - LESSON 1: The Rise of Dictators
Totalitarianism and the Rise of the Dictators (1920s–1930s)
Film essay for "The Great Dictator"

UNIT 8 - LESSON 2: Pearl Harbor  
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UNIT 8 - LESSON 3: The Homefront  
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  • Women In WWII at a Glance
  • "What Did You Do In The War Grandma?,"  
  • Women and the Home Front During World War II, 
  • Rosie.bmp
  • Rosie the Riveter song


http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/reilly/index.htm

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  • Have You Really Tried to Save Gas?
  • Longing Won't Get Him Back Sooner ... Get a War Job
  • Victory Waits on Your Fingers
  • Waste Helps the Enemy
  • We Can Do It
  • ​Grow It Yourself
  • Help Bring Them Back
  • Never Late Is Better
  • Remember Pearl Harbor
  • This Is Your America
  • Train to Be a Nurse's Aide
  • The World Has Ears
  • ​Bits of Careless Talk are Pieced Together by the Enemy
  • Pitch in and Help

Japanese-American Internment Using Primary Sources 
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The Nazi Concentration Camps
The Holocaust - Facts, Victims & Survivors - HISTORY
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Code Word Courage Student Webinar

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Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945 | Atomic Heritage
It's clear the US should not have bombed Hiroshima 
No Other Choice: Why Truman Dropped the Atomic Bomb
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Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs
Did We Need to Drop It? - NYTimes.com

Hiroshima atomic bombing did not lead to Japanese surrender
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"Hiroshima: Was it Necessary?"
Would Japan have surrendered without the atomic bombings?
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A Photo-Essay on the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
After the A-bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki then and now
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Revealed: What happened, physically, to the city of Hiroshima ... 
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UNIT 7 - Lesson 1 - Jazz Age Slang

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​Slang of the 1920's
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greatgatsby.pdf
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SunAlsoRise.pdf
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UNIT 7 - LESSON 2 - Women in the 1920's

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Dear Parents... An Open Letter from a Flapper 
LINK: Flapper-Primary-Source-Letter

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​1920's Flapper fashion dress up game

UNIT 7 - LESSON 3 - prohibition

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UNIT 7 - LESSON 4 - the harlem RENAISSANCE

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UNIT 7 - LESSON 5 - INTOLERANCE IN THE TWENTIES
AIM: HOW WIDESPREAD WAS INTOLERANCE IN AMERICA IN THE 1920'S?
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UNIT 7 - LESSON 6 - THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL:                                                 
​                                       EVOLUTION VS. CREATIONISM

AIM: HOW DID THE SCOPES TRIAL (AKA THE MONKEY TRIAL) REFLECT THE TENSIONS BETWEEN MODERNISM AND TRADITIONALISM DURING THE 1920'S?
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INTERNET SITES: LINKS
American Experience: The Monkey Trial (PBS)
"Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial" (NPR)
Smithsonian Institution Archives: Scopes Trial Photos


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Stock Market Crash - PBS
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 - HISTORY
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Stock Market Crash of 1929: Black Tuesday Cause & Effects
What steps did the government take to prevent this from happening again?
An Economic-History Lesson for Dealing with the Coronavirus

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UNIT 7 - Lesson 9 - Great depression photographs
AIM: WHAT problems DID the American people FACE during the Great Depression?

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https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/great-depression-photographs
18 Strange Meals People Ate During the Great Depression
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50 Interesting Facts About Life In The Great Depression
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​Stories of the Great Depression | USI Community Read | PBS
​Brother Can You Spare a Dime? - ARTSEDGE ​
How the Great Depression Became the Golden Age for Monopoly

UNIT 7 - LESSON 10 The BONUS ARMY
AIM: How did the Bonus Army Incident ensure Franklin Roosevelt’s win over President Hoover in 1932?

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UNIT 7 - LESSON 11 - FDR
AIM: To what degree did President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s communication with the American public during the Great Depression depict presidential leadership?

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UNIT 7 - LESSON 12 - THE NEW DEAL
AIM: What role should the United States government play during an economic crisis?

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​Top 10 New Deal Programs of the Great Depression ​
7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
New Deal Programs 
Top 10 New Deal Programs of the 1930's 
The Ultimate AP US History New Deal Programs List
FDR's Alphabet Soup

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UNIT 7 - LESSON 13- DEAR MRS. ROOSEVELT ...
AIM: 
What should be the role of the First Lady / Gentleman?
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​Roles of the First Lady

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grapes_of_wrath_john_steinbeck.pdf
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How the Dust Bowl Made Americans Refugees in Their Own Country
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How Dorothea Lange Defined the Role of the Modern Photojournalist
​Photos That Changed The World - Migrant Mother
The Making of an Iconic Photograph: Dorothea Lange's ...
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RADIO:
Radio, America in the 1920s, Primary Sources
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OTR Commercials - The Original Old Time Radio
Simply Scripts - Old Time Radio from the Golden Age of Radio
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Science Fiction on Radio - (OTR) - Radio Days
1920's Radio and Advertising



Assembly Line Game
History Mystery - Start the Game, the Roaring Twenties
See if you have what it takes to survive the Roaring Twenties!
Jazz Age - Harlem Renaissance - 1920s - Flocabulary
The 1920's - Roaring Twenties - The Nineteen Twenties in History
1920s - This is a great hotlist........categorized for easy navigation:  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html
Chicago: The Roaring Twenties - An overview of the 1920s......this is not a brief overview!!! http://members.tripod.com/chicagotheroarin20s/the1920s.html
The Roaring Twenties Concert Extravaganza - Download clips from the music of the Twenties. http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml


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unit_6__civic_literacy_dbq.pdf
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Historical Context / Outside Information; Civil Liberties in Wartime
https://share.america.gov/civil-liberties-wartime/

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  1. What was the Treaty of Versailles?
  2. Which countries were the FIVE major victors?
  3. Why was the treaty process slow and difficult?
  4. What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
  5. What were results of the Treaty of Versailles?
  6. Why is it considered one of the most important and controversial document of the twentieth century?
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT: THE TRUSTBUSTER

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MUCKRAKERS AND REFORMERS

ReconstructionDBQ.pdf
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How the Civil War Got Its Start


GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 1863


1964 Louisiana Literacy Test Solutions 

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Current Events
News
ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/
CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/                                       
CNN www.cnn.com
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/                                                                         NBC News http://www.nbcnews.com/                                                                          New York Times www.nytimes.com                                                          Newsweek www.newsweek.com                                                                                  Time magazine www.time.com                                                                                      The Week Magazine http://theweek.com/                                                          U.S. News and World Reports www.usnews.com                                               USA Today www.usatoday.com                                                                   Washington Post  http://www.washingtonpost.com      

​Current Events for Kids
CNN student news  Dogo News Kidsnewsroom.org  KidsPost  NY Times Learning Network  Online News Hour Extra  Smithsonian Tween Tribune Time for Kids Tween Tribune United Nations Cyberschoolbus Weekly Reader  Youngzine

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2019_guide_wtwh.pdf
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Flocabulary: Political parties

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http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/
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NUKEMAP - The Nuclear Secrecy Blog
Create a Nuclear Firestorm - Nuclear Weapons Explosion Simulator


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ellisisland.doc
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Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems
From 1910 to 1940, tens of thousands of immigrants entered the United States through the West Coast's Angel Island Immigration Station. Located in San Francisco's north bay, not far from Alcatraz Island, the buildings were nearly forgotten and their history practically lost, until one day Alexander Weiss, a California State Park Ranger, re-discovered them in 1970. His chance discovery began the long journey to save the Immigration Station, and ultimately, to save the stories hidden within it, and to help us remember its sad, but important role in American history.

answers.pdf
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iCivics Do I Have a Right? Game Guide
https://cdn-educators.brainpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Guide_DoIHaveARight_2017.pdf


Constitutional Amendments Quiz - Online Constitutional Amendments quiz is a great study guide to help you review each of the 27 Constitutional Amendments. This practice test covers the Bill of Rights as well as the additional Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. 
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Optical Illusion Pictures for Kids
25 Superb Optical Illusions For Kids 
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Cool Optical Illusions - Brain Teasers
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​THE STOCK MARKET GAME
A. Go to https://www.nyse.com/index
B. Research and select two stocks to invest $20,000
C. Find the stock NYSE symbol
D. How much is each share being sold for on the NYSE?
E. How many shares can you buy with $20,000 
F. Fill out excel spreadsheet. 
G. Keep track of your stock over the next few weeks. Winners and losers get awards.

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stock_game.xlsx
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oralhistory_project2018.pdf
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Analyzing Oral Histories
AnalyzeOH.docx
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Eyewitness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima
D.C. Everest Great Depression Oral History Project
Oral Histories of the New Deal | Living New Deal
What did you do in the war, Grandma?  Women during World War II.
Ellis Island Oral History Project 
FBI Oral Histories
Holocaust Survivors and Refugees
The NYC Veterans Oral History Project
The National WWII Museum
Been Here So Long: Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives
Oral History of the House The U.S. House of Reps through the perspectives of those who lived it
Voces Oral History Project 
U.S. Latinos of the WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War generations.


atomicseminar.doc
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International Nuclear Event Scale ​
Accidents
  • Chernobyl
  • Fukushima

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/life/index.htm
http://sfi.usc.edu/education/pyramid/exercise.php

https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/muckraking-for-a-purpose-2018

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http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/

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https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/asian-american/angel_island/index.htm

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​https://www.onecountry.com/can-you-pass-a-us-citizenship-test-1648223494.html
Test your knowledge of the United States with these sample questions from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization test.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/us/us-citizenship-quiz-trnd/index.html
http://www.playbuzz.com/wrtvdigital10/can-you-pass-a-u-s-citizenship-test​

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World War II Map ​

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1. How many immigrants were processed through Ellis Island?
2. When was Ellis Island opened?
3. What was so important about the stairway to the Great Hall?
4. If a person was suspected of having a mental disease, what chalk mark was put on the person's clothing? (Go to Medical Cart).
5. Why were complete medical exams required for every immigrant?
6. What activity occurred in The Great Hall, the large waiting room of Ellis Island?
7. The Journeys End: Where did the new immigrants go after leaving Ellis Island?
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Read one of the young immigrants story.
1. Where are they from?
2. Why did their family immigrate to America?
3. What do they like about the United States?
4. How does the United States differ from their country of origin?

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​The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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TEN DAYS IN THE MAD HOUSE
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LINK TO EBOOK
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