The Life and Times of a Fourth Grade Class at the Dalton School in New York City
Today I began by showing you some artifacts from The Ellis Island Collection box. We took a careful look at:
A steamship poster
Two steamship postcards
A ship’s manifest
After an excellent discussion I divided you into groups of three and you began reading the first section of The Arrival. Tomorrow one person from each group will report on this experience. Can’t wait to hear what you discovered as you read the book!
We started our study of Shaun Tan’s The Arrival yesterday. I showed you the book and you saw that it has no words, only pictures. I then showed you some of the pictures on the Tan’s website and you saw how they connected to both your own “immigration” to Big Dalton and that of Mr. San Juan’s.
After that we watched the Ellis Island video Island of Hope, Island of Tears. Many of you took terrific notes in your little booklets. I think you are now all set to begin reading the book today!
Here’s a podcast of the first part of yesterday’s lesson. (You will hear mostly my voice because the Ipod was around my neck.)
