Immigrants and Immigration

The movement of people across geographic locations.

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The Jewish Americans The film series The Jewish Americans touches on themes including immigration, assimilation, antisemitism and community. The PBS website for the film provides many useful resources for teachers, including video clips from the series, lesson plans, and historical background.	Facing Today	03/14/2008 - 15:44
A Fatal Border Crossing (New York Times)The video "A Fatal Border Crossing," tells the story of Felictas Martinez Barradas, a woman who lost her life trying to come to America. Her story begs the question, "Why would some people risk their lives in order to move to another country?"	Facing Today	03/11/2008 - 13:13
A Veil Closes France's Door to Citizenship (New York Times, July 19, 2008) In the article, "A Veil Closes France's Door to Citizenship," Faiza Silmi was denied French citizenship from France's highest administrative court "on the ground that her "radical" practice of Islam was incompatible with French values like equality of the sexes.	Facing Today	07/22/2008 - 17:23
After a Fight to Survive, One to Succeed (New York Times, March 9, 2008) The article, "After a Fight to Survive, One to Succeed," tells the story of the hardships Jewish immigrants to the United States endured after surviving the Nazis.	Facing Today	03/27/2008 - 11:01
America and the Holocaust Study Guide This study guide accompanies the documentary America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference and offers a disturbing look at the choices Americans made at a time when the Germans were labeling, isolating, humiliating, and eventually murdering European Jews and others they considered "undesirable.	Publication	01/24/2008 - 16:49
Arn Chorn Pond: Everyone Has a Story Most of Arn Chorn's family was killed during the Cambodian genocide. At age ten he had slaved in a work camp, witnessing wide-scale starvation and murder. When the North Vietnamese invaded Camboida, the Khmer Rouge forced his to become a soldier until he escaped on foot through the jungle in Thailand.	Video Clip	03/31/2008 - 10:36
Becoming American Study Guide Becoming American: The Chinese Experience describes the ways the first arrivals from China in the 1840s, their descendants, and recent immigrants have "become American." It is a story about identity and belonging that will resonate with all Americans.	Publication	02/23/2008 - 19:01
Becoming American: A Series of Three Lessons Bill Moyer's film, Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, describes the ways the first arrivals from China in the 1840s, their descendants, and recent immigrants have "become American." It is a story about identity and belonging that will resonate with all Americans.	Unit	03/26/2008 - 11:53
Becoming American: Between Two Worlds This lesson considers the impact of group membership on identity and explores what it means to be seen solely as a representative of a group rather than as an individual. Students will use a model to create identity poems that examine the tensions between identity and group membership.	Lesson Plan	03/26/2008 - 11:51
Becoming American: Exploring Names and Identities This lesson is an icebreaker and an introduction to the Becoming American Online Museum for students involved in the project. The lesson also provides a bridge between issues of identity and the Exhibit Hall, "We The People: What Is An American?" Responses to the writing assignments for this lesson may be posted in a designated space on the Facing History and Ourselves "Online Museum" (along with a class photo) and a class identity chart.	Lesson Plan	02/22/2008 - 17:16