Ellis Island POV - 5th Grade

In Reading class this week we read a selection about a boy who is traveling to America from Romania in the early 1900's.  We learned a little bit about the struggles he went through and what it was like enter America through Ellis Island.  For their writing assignment in Language Arts I wanted them to take on the perspective of one of these immigrants and write a journal entry from their point of view.  I asked the 5th graders to imagine they were one of these people in the picture above.  Write a journal entry describing how you feel and what you see at Ellis Island.  Use vivid details and remember to SHOW me, not just tell.  I look forward to reading these papers and getting a clear sense of what it might have been like at Ellis Island.

Video we watched in class today on Ellis Island: