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Immigrants

Immigrant children in the 1930s


California Standard 1.5 Students describe the human characteristics of familiar places and the varied backgrounds of American citizens and residents in those places.

Over 100 million Americans came to the United States on a steamship. They came from countries all over the world. They had to pass through Ellis Island in New York.

 

Case Study
Ellis Island

Learn what it was like coming to Ellis Island.

 
 


Jazz Music

People enjoyed jazz music in the 1930s. Learn about famous jazz players.


An Immigration Story

Read this story and look at the drawings about coming to America.