Video and Multimedia

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  • Watch the Wide Angle program “Dying to Leave”
    • What is meant by the “shadows of globalization?”
    • What drives people to attempt illegal immigration?
    • What might wait a refugee in a new country?
    • What common experiences did the individuals profiled in this program deal with?
  • Watch the Wide Angle program “Young, Muslim, and French” at France has the largest Muslim immigrant community in Western Europe. 
    • Why do young Muslim women in France wish to maintain clothing traditions?  What has been the cost of wearing the veil?
    • What is the political and social meaning of the veil?  Can France force assimilation by law?
    • Is there evidence of marginalization?
    • How is the situation in France and the U.S. different?
  • View the Al Jazeera English report on Japanese immigration into Brazil at 
    • What has been the extent of Japanese immigration into Brazil?
    • What has been the experience of Japanese immigrants into Brazil?
       
  • View the Faces of America Episode: Becoming American 
    • Explore the many journeys to becoming American that defined the "Century of Immigration" (1820s - 1924) and transformed the United States from a sleepy agrarian country into a booming industrial power.
    • Compare the examples in this video to the immigration history in Chapter 12.
    • If you have a family history depicted in this video, expand on that for you.
    • Compare the experiences of this generation of immigrants to immigrants of today.