Lucille+B.

Lucy B.


 * FAMILY ROOTS**

For a few years I have been tracking my family roots. I have been searching immigration websites and death records. My family history, for me, is very important because it is a part of who I am. The information that I collect uncovers a story of the past. I will probably be the only one in the movie. I want to add a lot of the information I have. There are a lot of stories and facts. I don’t really care where the movie takes place, but somewhere outside want to add a lot of pictures of my relatives.
 * Outline**

=**Script**=

1. Renangie A. 2. Mai-Lynne D.
 * Characters**-


 * Short Description Scenes**

Act l- will take place in the butterfly garden. I want to explain what the movie is about and why it is important to me. Act ll- will take place in Commons Hall.I will explain who my ancestors were and where they are from and why they want to move. Act lll- Their journey starts. I will explain their time on the boat and what they went through in Ellis Island. Act lV- I will explain how they ended up and then give my final word.

ACT ONE
Mai-Lynne- We all have family roots that reach back into the earliest days. We come from different places. Our ancestors do not define us but they are a part of who we are. (soft music playing in the backround while images of immigrants and information go across the screen).

Renangie- We come from places like Russia, England. Germany, Ireland and many more.

Mai-Lynne- this topic is very important to us because our ancestors are some of the many millions who immigrated to America in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. we have researched our family roots for about two years with our family members. we have collected censuses, death records and immigration reports.

ACT TWO (showing pictures of Poland)
Renangie- what we are about to show is a story of a family who traveled from a small town in Poland to New York City. This family traveled during the beginning of WWl. They endured being steerage passengers on the long ride to America, and the harsh inspections of Ellis Island.

//__**PICTURES START**__//

Mai-Lynne - The family in the spotlight is the Stone family. They lived in a small town in Poland called Zakroczym. There were two brothers (in order of age) Schemaeil (called Samuel), and Harry.

Renangie- The girls were( in order of age) Jente ( Called Minnie), Chana (called Anna), (called Lena), Perl (called Pualine), and Dora. The parents names were Mendel ( the father) and Fiege ( the mother).

Mai-Lynne - This family wanted to move to America because they were scared to live in Poland because of the poverty and violence that was going on at that time. They also went because their father and two sisters already had gone to poland

Renangie- Their father and two sisters went to America before them so that he could get a job and send money over for the rest of the family’s tickets.

ACT THREE (show line numbers and boat picture)
Mai-Lynne - They finally packed up there things and started out on their journey to their new home.

Renangie- They boarded the ship Grosser Kurfurst. They were steerage passengers because that was all they could afford.

Mai-Lynne - they had to live in musty, dark, dirty rooms for months. They spent all there time outside because it was so gross inside. No one could take baths because there was not enough water. They did not have the luxuries that we have today.


 * //__PICTURES START__//**

Renangie- as they neared New York Harbor they saw many famous sights such as the Statue of Liberty and even the Poly Tower.

Mai-Lynne - when the boat docked at the entrance to Ellis Island, I’m sure that family and everyone else onboard was astounded. Big and Red Ellis Island was the only thing between them and their new life.

Renangie- As soon as they entered Ellis Island they were put to tests. First they had to walk up a long flight of stairs where doctors watched them. When they reached the top those doctors inspected their eyes with long hooked tools by flipping over their eyelids. They checked for diseases such as Pink Eye or the flu.

Mai-Lynne - If the doctors thought that you were not fit to enter the States, they took out a piece of chalk. They made markings that told that you had something wrong with you. For instance they may have put a P on your jacket if you had pink eye. If you had been marked you were escorted away from your family to another room where you were checked more thoroughly.

Renangie- If you really had this disease you would probably be deported back to your home country. This happened to a Sam, one of the children in the family. He went back to Poland with his sister Minnie, while the rest of his family went through to Manhattan.

ACT FOUR
Mai-Lynne - Eventually Sam and Minnie returned to the US and reunited with their family. They settled in the Bronx in a community of people from their homeland.

Renangie- We hope this movie has showed you the interesting topic of your family roots.

Mai-Lynne- We hope that you try to research your family roots too!!!

I hope you like my film!!