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Statue of Liberty

By Marian Burleigh-Motley

The Statue of Liberty (Library of Congress)

The Statue of Liberty, 46 m (150.9 ft) high, was originally called Liberty Enlightening the World; it was conceived as a gift from the French to the American people to honor the 1876 centennial celebration. The exterior copper shell, in the form of a classical, draped female figure carrying a torch aloft, was designed (1870-75) by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; the wrought-iron pylon inside was the work of Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower in Paris; and the stone-and-concrete pedestal was planned by the American architect Richard Morris Hunt. The statue was completed in Paris in 1884 and unveiled in New York Harbor on Oct. 26, 1886, in the presence of the sculptor. The funds for the statue were donated by the French people and those for the base by Americans. Probably the best-known symbolic image of America, the statue is also associated with the famous poem by Emma Lazarus inscribed at the base.

Bibliography: Grumet, M., Statue of Liberty (1986); Hayden, R., and Despont, T., Restoring the Statue of Liberty (1986); Weisberger, B. A., The Statue of Liberty: Its First Hundred Years (1985).

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

by Judith Kerr

Anna was so busy with her schoolwork and friends that she hardly had time to notice Adolf Hitler's face glaring out of political posters all over Berlin. But one morning her father was gone, and then she and her brother had to sneak out of Germany. Along the way to finding a home in a new country, they must learn new languages, new customs, and the special skills required to be a refugee. "An engrossing autobiographical novel." - School Library Journal.

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Drita

by Jenny Lombard

Alternating voices of 4th-graders Drita and Maxie reveal their individual journeys through change, pain, discovery and friendship. An intuitive teacher gives popular, but acting-out Maxie an assignment: interview newcomer Drita about her war-torn homeland, Kosova, and journey to P.S.18. Despite the language barrier they find an African-American and Muslim Alanbian refugee have more in common than they imagined. Compassionate and entertaining.

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LESSON PLAN	Displaying the Data Students collect, analyze, and chart data based on interviews with classmates regarding their family ancestry.

ONLINE ACTIVITY	Ellis Island Interactive Tour Explore different rooms in the main building at Ellis Island and view original photographs, listen to audio, or watch a video.

BOOK INFORMATION	Rodzina One of a group of orphans, 12-year-old Rodzina boards a train on a cold day in March 1881. She’s reluctant to leave Chicago, the only home she can remember, and she knows there's no substitute for the family she has lost. No placement seems right for the formidable Rodzina, and she cleverly finds a way out of one bad situation after another, until at last she finds the family that is right for her.