Ellis Island: The Dream of America

The Amarillo Symphony will present 6 performances of Peter Boyer's Ellis Island: The Dream of America January 9 & 10, 2008 at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts. The following lesson plans and support materials have been developed to assist teachers with preparing their students to better understand this dramatic concert experience. Many of the lesson plans have been developed by Window on a Wider World.

About the Concert
Concert Invitation
Concert Reservation Form
Concert Overview and Repertoire

Peter Boyer's Ellis Island: The Dream of America
Ellis Island: About the Work
Ellis Island: Teacher Guide (prepared by Peter Boyer)

Music Resources
About Charles Ives and Variations on America

Visual Arts
Creating a Collage

Language Arts
Acrostic Poem
Choral Reading Guidelines
If I Were an Immigrant
Immigration Book Bibliography
The New Colossus

Math
Fun Facts
Post Activity, 4th Grade
Post Activity, 5th Grade
Pre Activity, 5th Grade
Statue of Liberty by the Numbers

Science
Investigating Weathering
Science and History Timeline

Social Studies Lessons and Resources
Before They Came to America
Creating a Cultural Quilt
Pre Activity, 5th Grade

General Information
Website Resource List

Have you developed a lesson plan to help prepare your students for the concert experience? We would like to share these lesson plans with other instructors. Please email the symphony your lesson plan and we will post it here.