It is an immigration Web-quest for a 7th grade class. It asks questions for the kids to answer and provides a link to useful websites to help them answer the questions.
Its the 4th question is in relation to this weeks web blog task:
From 1880-1930 what country did most immigrants come from? What country did the fewest come from?
With this question the kids are provided with this link:
This takes you to the official Ellis Island records websites - Ellis Island being one of the main places where immigrants originally had to pass through to gain access to America. I think this website gives a fairly balanced opinion on American immigration. It states that for many people (especially Jews, Mexicans and Armenians) this period of history was good for immigration. However it also points out that for Asian immigrants it was a difficult period, highlighting the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. It also notes that towards the end of this period Americas attitude towards immigration was greatly changing due to World War 1.
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