PROFILES IN Schoolchildren unpack what people brought to America in their suitcases and in their hearts.
About 100 years ago, as war waged on around them, Reva Nebrat and her family fled northern Ukraine and took passage to the United States. In a suitcase they packed a few photos, Reva’s favorite doll, and Shabbat candlesticks, among other meaningful belongings. How do you think they felt as they made this voyage? What would you bring if you were moving to a new land? These are just some of the questions posed to Grade 5 students during the Skirball’s Americans and Their Family Stories school tour—an immersive program that links our unique journeys to one another and to American lives across time.
During the acclaimed school tour Americans and Their Family Stories, Grade 5 students learn about true-life immigrants Reva Nebrat of Russia and Jose Antonio Vargas of the Philippines (pictured above in color).