Learners engage in a study about immigration by using children's literature. They conduct research about the immigrations to New York City in the past and the current status. Students conduct class discussion about Ellis Island and what...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Captain January by Laura E. Richards (1892), a novel about an orphaned girl who is raised by a kindly lighthouse keeper until the truant officer tries to take her away.