View archival film of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, and listen as European immigrants describe their reactions to the Statue of Liberty and poet Carolyn Forché reads “The New Colossus,” the poem by Emma Lazarus inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
This video is part of a lesson plan titled <a data-guid="0dacd9f5-05c5-4cc1-a28a-9429d6021f55" data-rid="154671" data-rtype="resource" href="/resource/the-statue-of-liberty-and-immigration-lesson-plan/ken-burns-the-statue-of-liberty/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Statue of Liberty &amp; Immigration</a>.

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