1. JOURNAL ENTRIES                      AT  ELLIS ISLAND 10/08 FROM CAMILLE: “I HAVE GONE TO ELLIS ISLAND SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT MUCH REGARD FOR THE HISTORY ...... THROUGH THE JOURNAL ACTIVITIES, I WALKED THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND WITH A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ……THE JOURNAL ACTIVITIES MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT DOCTORS, NURSES AND WORKERS HAD TO WITNESS. ….HELPED ME TO LITERALLY FEEL LIKE AN IMMIGRANT AND SEE AND FEEL WHAT THEY DID: AMBITIONS, FEARS AND DREAMS.” FROM SAMIA: “AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I REALIZE HOW MUCH EASIER MY EXPERIENCE WAS. I CAME COMFORTABLY ON AN AIRPLANE WITH GUARANTEED ENTRY AND NOT IN AN OVERCROWDED BOAT UNSURE IF THE OFFICIALS WOULD FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME AND SEND ME BACK OR WORSE KEEP ME IN A HOSPITAL OVERLOOKING THE LIFE I COULD HAVE HAD.” FROM AMANPREET: "THE PICTURES AND QUESTIONS GIVEN PRIOR TO OUR TRIP HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE WAY I SAW ELLIS ISLAND. I FELT A LOT CLOSER TO THE IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THEIR STORIES. SEEING THE ISLANDS THROUGH THEIR EYES GAVE A LOT OF MEANING TO THE BUILDINGS. THEY CONTAIN HISTORY, BEAUTY AND THOUSANDS OF EMOTIONAL STORIES.”

2. VELOCITY ANALYSIS TO ELLIS ISLAND 12/08 Wind, rain, currents, delays, Security checks – add time Legal, social, economic factors affect immigration Advances in transportation make return trips easier 2000’s 1890’s Galway, Ireland 4950 km Ship 13 knots (24 km/hr) 206 hours 8 ½ days Concorde 2150km/hr 2 ½ hrs Hamburg, Germany 3820 miles Ship 15 knots (17.3mph) 220 hours 9 days Bad weather add 1 day Plane speed 424.89 mph 9 hrs Include stopovers, security, headwinds, delays, etc Plane 305.6 mph 12 ½ hrs Port-au-prince Haiti 1539 miles Boat 23 knots (26.5mph) 58 hours 2 ½ days Plane 450mph 3.42 hours security checks, etc add 3 hrs Plane 240 mph 6.42 hours

3. VECTOR ANALYSIS ON ELLIS ISLAND 2/09 3.5 cm 10.5 cm 3.5cm 4.5 cm DIAGONAL 772.73 ft 14cm 3.5cm DISTANCE 1159.08 ft DISPLACEMENT 769.04 ft DEVIATION 0.5% 4.5 cm 2.5cm DISTANCE 1454.56 ft DISPLACEMENT 750.35 ft DEVIATION 3% 4.5 cm 4cm 1 cm 1.5 cm An immigrant would feel very scared and nervous walking through the hallway to the isolation ward. The corridor would seem endless and full of sadness. The immigrant had only one path they could take. A doctor would mentally prepare himself for the workload of the day. A walk outside on a beautiful day would calm him for the day ahead. The doctor could walk outside along any path he chose or he could walk inside, He had choices. NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

4. LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF ELLIS ISLAND 03/09 STUDENTS DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY AND DENSITY OF BRICK AND “SAND/STONE” SAMPLES. THESE MATERIALS WERE USED ON SOUTH SIDE BUILDINGS. STUDENT LAB REPORTS INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF MATERIALS PAST AND PRESENT AND HISTORIC RESTORATION, STABILIZATION AND PRESERVATION.

5. POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS OF ELLIS ISLAND 4/09

13. The End. (But only the beginning for the restoration of Ellis Island!)