I am chaperoning the 8th grade trip to NYC in June, and we are visting both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I have not visited Ellis Island since it was restored and decided to see if I could find some sites and photos of the restoration process for this month's Theme of the Month. This clip provides a quick overview of these two landmarks. (1:07; 4.4 MB mov file)

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Discovery Channel School. 2005.
   Discovery Education. 26 May 2009
  <http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>

• Inside Ellis Island's Restoration
  ...some neat pictures taken before the restoration began


• Save Ellis Island
  ...photos of many of buildings before restoration began


• History Channel: Ellis Island
  ...tons of photos, videos, and information about Ellis Island