Task for this week

Please visit the website of the Ellis Island Museum, located in New York Harbour. Explore the site and for your task post comments on how you think this website represents the history of American immigration (for instance, how does it present the past, how does it use images of the past, how does it relate to the past commercially, how does it encourage personal participation, etc.) Your comments should include links to specific sub-sections of the site. You might find it instructive to compare the attitude of the website to these materials from the museum's own collection.