LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – On Thursday, fourth graders at Roberts Elementary took part in an Ellis Island Simulation to learn about the immigration process. Every student is given the identity of an ...

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Students at Wooster Elementary School in Greenbrier recently got to experience the life of an immigrant coming to the United States with an Ellis Island Simulation. Third graders at Wooster went ...

Saturday's photo gallery includes photos from Reading Across America activities, an Ellis Island simulation at Janie Darr Elementary in Bentonville and some other photos from around Northwest Arkansas ...

CHAMPAIGN – The immigrants stood in line, holding luggage or pillowcases stuffed with their belongings, waiting to enter Ellis Island. The guards spoke harshly: "Stay in line." "Turn around." "Keep ...

On April 1, Jackson Middle School sixth-graders donned attire that's a bit more formal than they're typically accustomed to. Those students were then transported to the turn of the century – the 20th ...

With help from some Honors American History students from Westlake High School, Holly Lane was turned into a miniature Ellis Island. Students adopted the identity of an Irish, Italian, Polish, Chinese ...

They learned what it was like to be a tired, poor and fearful immigrant at Ellis Island a century ago. Cora McClure, 10, was a shoemaker from Ireland, optimistic about her chances of finding work in ...