I Was Dreaming to Come to America
Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project

This book is a good quick book to read to children. I know that one of the AKS (Gwinnett County Standards) is that children talk about immigration. I think this would be a good book to share with the children during this study. There are some really good stories that talk about how these children fe......more

This is treasure I've used more than once with students who were doing their own oral histories as well as when we studied immigration. It is filled with short pieces from immigrants who tell of their experiences when they arrived in America. The artistic responses by Lawlor are gorgeous watercolor......more

This is a good resource for students to explore to understand immigrant's strong desires for coming to America. Often, today's students get lost about the reasons and ambitions for coming to America. A teacher can incorporate this book in his or her classroom by having students read the book individ......more

I liked this book because it took so many different points of view and even from different countries. The thing I didn't like was that each letter was so similar when I used it in my class I realized each passage that I gave each group was almost the same. My students weren't all together engaged bu......more

Very good book for kids to deal with S.S and immigration. The book was kid friendly and easy to relate to. I loved the way it was written as kids letters who were immigrating. Their was great insight into the world of immigration.......more