Immigration: Ellis Island PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 16 slides

Objective: To examine the difference between “push” and “pull” immigration.

Key Terms and People:

Push Factors

Pull Factors

Persecution

Famine

Pogrom

Genocide

Irish Potato Famine

Mexican Revolution

Ellis Island

Angel Island

Multimedia:

Video – The Irish Potato Famine (2:04)

Video – Entering Ellis Island, 1906 (2:14)

Video – U.S. Immigration History Preserved on Angel Island (2:54)

Video – Arrival at Ellis Island (3:53)

Video – Passing the Medical Inspection at Ellis Island (1:57)

Video – Registering as an American Citizen (2:07)

Audio – Interviews with immigrants that passed through Ellis Island.