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Ellis Island Study Guide

Facts Role-playing
In this column, write three facts from each page of the In this column, pretend you are an immigrant at Ellis
Ellis Island tour. Use complete sentences. Island. Write a short journal entry about your
experience (3-5 sentences each).
Introduction Example: More than 12,000,000 immigrants came to Example: “Hello, my name is Alois Auer. I am from
Ellis Island. Munich, Germany. I came to Ellis Island in 1913.
When I arrived, I saw…”

Stop 1: The
Arrival

Stop 2: The
Baggage
Room

Stop 3:
Stairways to
the Great
Hall
 Stop 4:
Medical
Exam

Stop 5: The
Great Hall

Stop 6: Legal
Inspection

Stop 7:
Money
Exchange

Stop 8: The
Journey’s
End