Ellis Island and Immigration: Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest

*FULLY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2023*

CCSS.RI.5.6

With this webquest, students will navigate six different online accounts related to Ellis Island and immigration to the United States in the early 1900's, and then analyze the similarities and differences between each account of the event.

The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (articles, videos, primary source documents, etc.).

Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpose, and analyze for important details/information.

In addition to supporting the common core informational text standards involving multiple accounts of the same event/topic, this product also supports common core informational writing standards. Included with this product is a text-based writing prompt and planning sheet, requiring students to inform about Ellis Island and immigration to the United States in the early 1900's.

Purchase Includes:

• Ellis Island and Immigration: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event activity sheets
• Ellis Island and Immigration: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event questions
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Comparison table
• Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the same event Venn Diagram
• Ellis Island and Immigration Text-Based Writing Prompt

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