The Garden at 97 Orchard Street
As we discussed in class Thursday, in the late 1800s people from across Europe began immigrating to the United States in large numbers. The turn of the 20th century (the start of the 1900s) saw the United States emerge as the “land of opportunity.” Every immigrant had to come through New York’s Ellis Island and many decided to start their new life right in New York City.
The play we read, The Garden at 97 Orchard Street , celebrates the experience of Greek immigrants, the Confinos. In it, Victoria Confino learns the true meaning of friendship and family, as well as the importance of making a home in a new land. The building of the play’s title, once crowded and unsanitary (extremely dirty and unfit to be lived in), still exists as the Tenement Museum in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. You can learn more about the Confinos, Rosenthals, and many other families who immigrated to the United States by visiting the museum and taking a virtural tour (select the PLAY tab at the top of the web page). You can also play an immigrant game, make a flag, mix a folksong, and view webcomics.
I invite you to use the following links that provide some visual of the time and place in which this play takes place:
Ellis Island -
97 Orchard Street -
Then, when your done, let me know what you thought of the play as well as the website links by submitting a comment below. For those students who submit thoughtful and reflective comments bonus assignment credit will be given. Should there be any questions or concerns, please ask.
Filed under: READ and tagged 97 orchard street, ellis island, historical, history, immigrants, plays, READ, tenement houses
it was fun that we got to make are own flag!! = )
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i guess it was ok i mean the flag thing was kind of boring but it was alright……
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i liked the play that we did yesterday and i liked the character i was too. and i liked the wedsite i liked some of the games they were lots of fun even the make the or a flag one too
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It was good so. ya but i liked the play.
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i like this play so far its soo coool and very interesting and awsome i like this play alot
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i like this play that we did even though that i didn have alot of lines to read i still like it lol…….
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What I thought about the play was that Ithought that the sotry or play was a bit boring because it hasd nothing to do with what we are supposed to be learning which is reading.
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this story is really good and very intresting. this story might be very boring on some parts but in the other parts it is very like not boring.
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I thought that this article so far is pretty intresting. We could learn abut what happened long time ago.
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I think it was cool .thanks
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I thought every thing was cool
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I think that the games were ok not so good but not bad eitrher
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i like every thing about every thing
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i think the website was a little boring but the play was ok
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got me even border
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it was ok
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the play wasn’t bad it is just not my type of story but yeah it was not bad
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the websites were cool and the play so far is good
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the play was really cool and the websites too…………….
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it was a good play but i wouldnt do it again
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I think that the story is so cool and in a way that story is not cool i thing that u should do more story like that 4 next year
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this is a very good magazine and i think other people will like it.
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I really didn’t like play it was to long
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the website was cool and the play is fun to read.
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the play was boring but the websites was cool
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this story was boring
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I THINK THE PLAY WAS OK AND THE WEBSITE WAS FUN…
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i like it? it was good
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i liked the play very much even though i only gott to read twice
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i couldn’t get onto the flag website so yeah.The play that we had to do was kinda boring at some point in time.
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I THINK THIS COMIC BOOK IS COOL AND WHEN I TRY TO MAKE MY COMIC BOOK IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
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the play was boring and the websites are okay
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i loved the web sight ang the pley was boring!!!! =)
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well i really like the websites and the poem
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