Importance of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 2
Lesson Length: 1 hour
Keywords/Tags: Statue of Liberty, Immigration, Ellis Island
Lesson Description: In this lesson, you will learn about the importance of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You will also learn how they are correlated physically and symbolically.

  • SS.2.A.2.6 Discuss the importance of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to immigration from 1892 - 1954.
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Video : The Statue of Liberty
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: In this video you will learn about the making of the Statue of Liberty and why it was and is important to this day.
Video : Ellis Island
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: In this video you will learn about the process of going through Ellis Island as an immigrant and the importance of it during the peak times of immigration.
Quiz : Ellis Island and thr Statue of Liberty
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What do both Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty have in common?

Question #2

What would immigrants go to Ellis Island for?

Question #3
A large fire at Ellis Island caused it to close for 2 years.
Question #4
Describe what it was like traveling to Ellis Island. What kind of transportation? Was it comfortable? etc 
Question #5

What would happen during an examination for immigrants coming through Ellis Island?

Question #6

What country is the Statue of Liberty from?

Question #7

What does the Statue of Liberty represent?

Question #8
The Statue of Liberty took 20 years to make.
Question #9
What is written on Lady Liberty's tablet?
Question #10

What color was the Statue of Liberty originally?

Description: Based on the videos above, answer these 10 quiz questions.
Resources : Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty
Instructions: Feel free to visit the links below to learn more about this lesson
Ellis Island for Kids

Virtual Tour of Lady Liberty

Interactive Ellis Island Tour