Video and Multimedia
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Audio Links:
- These 'True Tales' Add Nuance To The Immigration Discussion.
- What does it suggest about immigration in the United States?
- “Pressing German Values on Islamic Immigrants”
- What is covered by the new questionnaire for immigrants to the German state in the news story?
- Should countries exclude immigrants on the basis of values?
- China Turns To Africa For Resources, Jobs And Future Customers.
- What does it suggest about immigration in China?
Video Links:
- 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.