Ellis Island

Examples of Ellis Island in the following topics:

• Ellis Island

  • America's first federal immigration station was established in 1890 on Ellis Island.
  • Generally, immigrants who were approved spent from two to five hours at Ellis Island.
  • Ellis Island was sometimes known as "The Island of Tears" or "Heartbreak Island" because of the 2% who were not admitted after the long transatlantic voyage.
  • The first Ellis Island Immigration Station opened in 1892.
  • Nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States through Ellis Island.

• The Pull to America

  • Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for more than 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954.
  • In the 35 years before Ellis Island opened, more than eight million immigrants arriving in New York City had been processed by New York State officials at Castle Garden Immigration Depot in Lower Manhattan, just across the bay.
  • The federal government assumed control of immigration on April 18, 1890, and Congress appropriated $75,000 to construct America's first federal immigration station on Ellis Island.
  • Artesian wells were dug, and landfill was hauled in from incoming ships' ballast and from construction of New York City's subway tunnels, which doubled the size of Ellis Island to more than six acres.

• Americanization and Pluralism

• Frances Willard and the Women's Christian Temperance Union

  • Between 1900 and 1920, much of their budget was given to their center on Ellis Island, which helped to start the Americanization process.

• Social Trends

  • Most came through the port of New York City, and from 1892, through the immigration station on Ellis Island, but various ethnic groups settled in different locations.

• Island Hopping

• Barrier Islands

• Additional Resources

  • ., & Ellis, S. ( 1996, July).
  • Siegler and Ellis focus on three aspects of Piaget's legacy: constructivism, essentialism and dynamism.
  • Siegler and Ellis state that recent research has built upon Piaget's basic tenets of constructivism and shown that most children continue to construct new problem solving strategies even with existing, successful strategies in place.
  • Second, Siegler and Ellis analyze Piaget's stages of cognitive development with regard to essentialism.
  • Siegler and Ellis state that Piaget's attempt to recognize essences in children may have prevented the recognition of the role of variability in children's thinking.

• Crafts in the Cook Islands

  • British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 and named the islands the Hervey Islands; the name "Cook Islands", in honor of Cook, appeared on a Russian naval chart published in the 1820s.
  • Woodcarving is a common art form in the Cook Islands.
  • Another popular art form in the Cook Islands is tivaevae—the art of handmade Island scenery patchwork quilts.
  • The Cook Islands has produced internationally recognized contemporary artists, especially in the main island of Rarotonga.
  • These islands share similar artistic traditions of other Pacific Islands, including the art of tattooing.

• Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island was formed as an English colony by Roger Williams and others fleeing prosecution from Puritans.
  • Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Hope Island.
  • In 1637, Hutchinson also purchased land on Aquidneck Island from the American Indians, settling in Pocasset, now known as Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
  • During King Philip's War (1675–1676), both sides regularly violated Rhode Island's neutrality.
  • Discuss the founding of the Rhode Island Colony and Providence Plantations