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3) I am golden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"An ode to the immigrant experience and a manifesto for Chinese American joy"--Back cover.
6) Ellis Island
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English
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Die Vereinigten Staaten werden als eine der vordersten Flüchtlingsorte, und kein anderer Ort symbolisiert das mehr als Ellis Island. Mehr als zwölf millionen Einwanderer-von fast jeder Nationalität und Rasse-sind auf dem Weg zu neuen Erfahrungen durch Ellis Islands Hallen und Toren eingetreten. Mit einer erstaunenden Array von Fotografien aus den neunzehnten uns zwanzigsten Jahrhunderten führt Ellis Island den Leser durch die faszinierende Geschichte...
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Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Burdened with bundles and baskets, a million or more immigrant children passed through the often grim halls of Ellis Island. Having left behind their homes in Europe and other parts of the world, they made the voyage to America by steamer. Some came with parents or guardians. A few came as stowaways. But however they traveled, they found themselves a part of one of the grandest waves of human migration that the world has ever known. Children of
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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"¡Es el primer ̕da de clases de Rashin en Estados Unidos! Todo tiene diferentes formas de lo que es̀t acostumbrada, desde las comidas en su desayuno hasta las letras en sus libros ¡Y las familias de sus compąeros vienen de todos los rincones del mundo! La nueva maestra le pide a cada estudiante que se imagine la forma de su hogar en un mapa. Rashin sabe qǔ dìr de inmediato ¡Ìrn tiene forma de gato! ¿Qǔ ìrn a decir los otros nįos? ¿Y...
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Since 1776, millions of immigrants have landed at America's shores. To this day, their practical contributions are still felt in every field of endeavor, including agriculture, industry, and the service trades. But within the great immigrant waves there also came plucky and talented individualists, artists, and dreamers. Many of these exceptional folk went on to win worldly renown, and their names live on in history. Ellis Island's Famous Immigrants...
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Few buildings in Manhattan have had a richer and more varied life than 200-year-old Castle Clinton, the magnificent red sandstone structure that lies in historic Battery Park. Although originally built as a fortress just before the outbreak of the War of 1812, its actual fame rests on the years when it was known worldwide as Castle Garden, a name that underlined its intimate connection with the surrounding park. Under that name, it served successively...
13) Immigrants
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
See what becoming an American meant to the millions of immigrants who left their homelands in the 19th and 20th centuries to journey to a new land.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea--it's an identity and a place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking hundreds of languages, carrying every culture, each having hteir own reason for uprooting themselves to try something new. Eveyone has a unique story. This book is a collection of those stories, told by the people who lived them. Together, they form...
15) The Athenaeum
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Das Deutsche Haus, now known as the Athenaeum, is one of the great architectural and historic treasures of Indianapolis. Now recognized as a national landmark, it is emblematic not just of the culture of this great Midwestern city but also of the role of German immigrants, particularly die Freidenker (the freethinkers), who sought to build a community centered on secular ideas and family. It is a cathedral to healthy minds and bodies, boldness and...
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