The resources below can be used to explore the stories of immigrants historical experiences are associated with Ellis Island. Ellis Island Immigration Station opened in 1892, one year after the Federal Government was given the responsibility of regulating immigration though the 1891 immigration act. Almost 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island on their way to the United States between 1892 and 1954. While the immigration station operated until 1954, the number of immigrants received at Ellis Island diminished dramatically after the 1924 Immigration and Naturalization Act. 

The busies day at Ellis Island saw over 11,000 immigrants make their way through the processing more than double the average of 5,000 immigrants a day. This video below, from the Library of Congress, is of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1906.

• These resources below speak to all aspections of Re-imagining Migration’s Learning Arc.
• Each resource below can be paired with an appropriate thinking routine to create an instuctional activity or lesson.