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If you had been an immigrant at Ellis Island during 1892 to 1924, what would you have done if you had been granted clearance to enter America while your daughter had not? Such was the situation faced by Carmela Caruso, whose daughter, Carmela Satumino, had been barred admittance to America on the grounds that the young girl had a "loathsome and contagious disease." Through a document-based activity that uses a variety of documents, including photographs, students can explore the true case of Carmela Satumino to learn about immigration on Ellis Island, connecting this case study to broader themes and issues in United States history and society.1 This activity will help students to develop their skills analyzing primary source documents, interpreting written information, making inferences, and drawing conclusions.2 A special feature of this primary source activity is its focus on a single teenage girl. Since I have always been of the opinion that people of the past are essentially the same as the people of the present, I thought that if students examined the history of a girl roughly their own age to explore issues in United States history, it would rouse in them a greater degree of connection and empathy for the past.3 The perception that it is easier for students to imagine a situation from the point of view of someone else their own age, thereby enabling them to better relate with "characters" in a historical drama, is not new in itself. Historical trade fiction, which is a popular way to incorporate social studies at the elementary level, often presents tales of the past from the point of

Health Issues and Immigration on Ellis Island: The Case of Carmela Saturnino