Instructional Video8:28
Wonderscape

Life After Ellis Island: Immigrants' Journey in America

K - 5th
Discover what happened to immigrants after leaving Ellis Island. Learn about their challenges and contributions to American society, from settling the West to facing new laws and prejudices. Explore the evolution of immigration policies...
Instructional Video12:43
TED Talks

TED: Immigrant voices make democracy stronger | Sayu Bhojwani

12th - Higher Ed
In politics, representation matters -- and that's why we should elect leaders who reflect their country's diversity and embrace its multicultural tapestry, says Sayu Bhojwani. Through her own story of becoming an American citizen, the...
Instructional Video10:56
TED Talks

David J. Bier: How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system

12th - Higher Ed
The United States can create a more humane immigration system; in fact, it's been done before, says policy analyst David J. Bier. Pointing to the historical success of the US guest worker program, which allows foreign workers to legally...
Instructional Video16:31
TED Talks

Paul A. Kramer: Our immigration conversation is broken -- here's how to have a better one

12th - Higher Ed
How did the US immigration debate get to be so divisive? In this informative talk, historian and writer Paul A. Kramer shows how an "insider vs. outsider" framing has come to dominate the way people in the US talk about immigration --...
Instructional Video5:34
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Ugly history: Japanese American incarceration camps | Densho

Pre-K - Higher Ed
On December 7, 1941, 16 year-old Aki Kurose shared in the horror of millions of Americans when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor. Unbeknownst to her, this shared experience would soon leave her family and over 120,000 Japanese...
Instructional Video7:32
Wonderscape

Ellis Island: The Immigrant Experience

K - 5th
Learn about the Ellis Island immigration process, where millions were screened before entering the U.S. Discover how first and second class passengers were screened on ships, while steerage passengers went through a more rigorous process...
Instructional Video4:42
Wonderscape

Why People Immigrated to the U.S. and Their Ship Journey

K - 5th
Learn why many left their countries for the U.S. from the 1800s to early 1900s. Discover the hardships they faced, like famines and persecution, and the tough ship conditions they endured to start a new life in America. Ellis Island and...
Instructional Video6:16
PBS

How Expensive Is It to Be an Immigrant?

12th - Higher Ed
New ReviewEach year almost a million people from around the world immigrate to the US in search of a better future. Whether they come for safety, or educational opportunities, or higher paying jobs, our culture loves stories about people achieving...
Instructional Video2:48
Curated Video

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Achieve The American Dream

3rd - Higher Ed
The American Dream is chased by everyone! These Immigrant Entrepreneurs achieved their dreams and share the stories on an inspirational podcast. Kent Trabing is the founder of The Immigrant Entrepreneur Podcasts; and also the Magazine...
Instructional Video4:36
Curated Video

How donuts have benefitted America's immigrants

12th - Higher Ed
Donuts are the all-American confectionery. They have also helped a group of immigrants from Cambodia pursue the American dream.
Instructional Video1:27
Cerebellum

American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

9th - 12th
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Instructional Video2:27
Curated Video

America's Untold Immigration Story

9th - Higher Ed
When you think of America's immigration story, you think of Ellis Island New York... right? Think again, because over 2,500 miles away is Angel Island, where immigrants coming into the West Coast were processed for entry to the US, but...
Instructional Video10:00
Hip Hughes History

History of Immigration in the US for Dummies

6th - 12th
Let HipHughes escort you through a few hundred years of United States immigration, simple, stupid and aimed at the heart of big ideas.
Instructional Video1:51
Cerebellum

Emergence Of Modern America: The Progressive Era - Immigration In The Progressive Era

9th - 12th
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Progressive Era uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era...
Instructional Video2:48
Curated Video

Immigrant

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word Immigrant. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Immigrant through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video1:44
Curated Video

America: Nation of Immigrants

9th - Higher Ed
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." It's true that the United States has always been a nation of immigrants, but as the debate around border control becomes louder and more polarised, will we be in the future?
Instructional Video2:09
Curated Video

John Rollin Ridge: the Native American Novelist Like No Other

9th - Higher Ed
We've had some great American Novelists? You've read some of them in school, right? But one writer you've probably never heard of is John Rollin Ridge, aka Yellow Bird: the first Native American to ever publish a novel about a fictitious...
Instructional Video9:17
Kult America

Africans Immigrants in Poland (Feat. Vin from Ponki)

Higher Ed
With the huge influx of African immigrants coming to Europe, I was curious how those already here are living, what they contribute to society, and how they feel as foreigners in Warsaw Poland. I had the great opportunity to meet with...
Instructional Video4:47
Curated Video

Influence of Native Americans

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester discusses the impact of Native Americans on the British settlers and modern American culture.
Instructional Video12:07
Crash Course

Los Angeles Uprisings: Crash Course Black American History #45

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of Black American History, Clint Smith teaches you about the complicated history of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles. You'll learn about the Watts Rebellion of 1965, a 6-day uprising in response to police...
Instructional Video10:27
Crash Course

Crash Course Black American History Preview

12th - Higher Ed
Over the course of 50 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will to teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at...
Instructional Video5:40
Curated Video

The law that broke US immigration

9th - 11th
Why the US has so many undocumented immigrants. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Immigration looked very different before 1996, when President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility...
Instructional Video3:42
Big Think

Jared Diamond's immigration thought experiment: Divide the strong and weak

6th - 11th
Give yourself the gift of knowledge by subscribing to Big Think Edge: http://bit.ly/bigthinkedge Don't denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one. - Every American, without exception, is an immigrant. Native Americans...
Instructional Video6:14
Curated Video

Iranian Immigrant to the C-Suite: How Sephora’s North American CEO Is Shaping the Beauty Industry

9th - Higher Ed
Iranian American immigrant Artemis Patrick’s background shaped her ideas around beauty, which now inform her decisions as Sephora’s North America CEO. Over the years, she’s watched beauty trends change through social media, and hopes to...

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