Leveled Questions and Answers

Immigrants on the Oregon Trail

- https://www.jobcarrmuseum.org/blog/oregon-trail-foods-preparing-for-the-journey

Question (Level 1): When did travel on the Oregon Trail take place?
Answer: Between 1841 and 1896.

Question (Level 2): What things would you have used and brought with you if you were on the
Oregon Trail? Remember you only have a limited amount of space, so choose wisely!
Answer: (Possible Answers Include): Food, Water, Clothes, My Favorite …, etc.

Ellis Island

- https://lisalouisecooke.com/2017/02/22/ellis-island/

Question (Level 3): Pretend you are an immigrant entering into Ellis Island. What are you
thinking and feeling?
Answer: (Something Like) – I am excited to get off of the crowded boat and start living what I
think will be a new and better life. I am scared of the unknown ahead, but am hopeful.

Question (Level 2): What is the main idea in this piece?

Answer: (Possible Answers Include) - What life was like as an immigrant. Where immigrants
came from and why they wanted to come to America. The life and struggles of an immigrant.

Living Conditions

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRhjqqe750A

Question (Level 2): Give me one example of why immigrants wanted to move to America.
Answer: (Possible Answers Include) – opportunity, employment, etc.

Question (Level 3): What would happen to you if you had to live like the immigrants arriving
from Ellis Island did? What was it like?
Answer: (Something Like) – I would have to live in tight spaces with a bunch of other people.
My living space would be too overcrowded and unhealthy. There would be a lot of sickness and
discomfort.
Unemployment

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDNKHWzQiz8&t=11s

Question (Level 1): What is the Island called that America’s early immigrants travelled to?
Answer: Ellis Island.

Question (Level 1): How many people passed through Ellis Island in the first year?
Answer: 450,000.

Language Differences

- https://study.com/academy/lesson/old-and-new-immigrants-in-the-us-definition-
overview.html

Question (Level 3): What significance is this event in the global perspective?
Answer: (Something Like) – More people were leaving countries in mainly Europe to come to
America. This meant that the population was lowering and changing in these countries and
overall changing the culture. This impacted America because the population was growing and
the culture was changing here.