Ellis Island (A True Book: American History)

by Elaine Landau

Overview

Learn why immigrants came to the United States and the establishment of Ellis Island Immigration Station.

A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in American history and to discover how these moments helped shape the country that it is today. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.This book discusses why immigrants came to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the difficulties of the journey, the establishment of the Ellis Island Immigration Station and what went on there, and its decline and restoration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780531147818
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Series:	A True Book Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.13(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)
Lexile:	740L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Landau has a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from New York University and a master's degree in library and information science from Pratt Institute.

Table of Contents

The Immigrants: Why would anyone give up so much to come here?     7
A Difficult Trip: What was the journey like?     13
Why Ellis Island?: How did this tiny island become so famous?     21
Getting Around the Island: What did the immigrants see?     24
On American Soil, at Last!: What actually happened on this island, anyway?     26
After Ellis Island: This all happened a long time ago. Why should I care?     37
True Statistics     43
Resources     44
Important Words     46
Index     47
About the Author     48