THE CHOICES PROGRAM BROWN UNIVERSITY
VIDEO COLLECTION

Immigration and the U.S. Policy Debate

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Part I: Immigration and the U.S. Experience

What was life like for Native people in the North American colonies?
What was the relationship between Cuba and the United States in the nineteenth century?
How were immigrant communities segregated within the United States in the 19th century?
What are some examples of how Asian Americans have shaped or changed the U.S. Constitution?
What is the historical relationship between race and U.S. citizenship policy?
How has race affected the experience of immigrants?
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Why did people from China come to the United States?
Why has the United States been a destination for immigrants?
How is racial inequality rooted in the founding of the United States?
Who were the enslaved people in the British North American colonies?
How did urban and rural life differ for immigrants in the early twentieth century?
What was the North American West like before Europeans arrived?
What was the journey from Africa to the Americas like for captives?
How has the U.S.-Mexico border changed since the nineteenth century?

Part II: U.S. Immigration in a Changing World

How have immigrant groups organized themselves politically and socially in the United States?
What were relations between the United States and the Soviet Union like during the Cold War?
How did immigration throughout the twentieth century shape U.S. policy?
What were the national origin quotas of the 1920s?
Are there other events from U.S. history that influenced public opinion about immigrants?
Why have the United States and Cuba had such a close relationship historically?
What are refugees and internally displaced persons?
  • March 25, 2011
What was the Cold War?
What was your family’s experience emigrating from Cuba?

Part III: Immigration in the Twenty-First Century

How has racism impacted how Americans think about identity?
What is globalization?
How has immigration affected the countries of origin?
What has been the response toward immigrants arriving in the United States?
Why have there been backlashes against immigrant groups in the United States?
How would you describe the undocumented immigrant population in the United States?
Why is Mexico’s relationship with the United States important?
Why do some people try to immigrate to the United States from Mexico?
How has the United States responded to immigration from Mexico?
What is the Dream Act?
What challenges do immigrant students face?
How does the U.S. government decide who should be allowed to immigrate to the United States?
Why do you believe the U.S. immigration system needs reform?
How does the United Nations deal with refugee crises?
  • March 25, 2011
How has the Syrian Civil War sparked a refugee crisis?
What is the process for refugees coming to the United States?
Do refugees present a terrorist threat to the United States?
Why is immigration such a contested issue in the United States?

Lesson: Refugee Stories: Mapping a Crisis (Online)

What are refugees and internally displaced persons?
  • March 25, 2011

Lesson: Source Analysis and Persuasive Writing

What are refugees and internally displaced persons?
  • March 25, 2011
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