RETOUR

IMMIGRATION

 

(Updated on 26/08/2010)


 



Facts
- Pictures - Glossary and Acronyms -
Listening -
Conversation questions -
Activities
- Lesson plans - Webquests -
Interactive games -
Cartoons
- Videos
- Cinema - Songs - Stories

 


Related pages :

Immigration (history) + Ellis Island (history) + Ellis Island (geography)

Customs - Population

 

Facts :

  • The MEXICO US BORDER :
    • US to send National Guard to Mexican border in August 2010
      "The 1,200 troops, ordered to the border by President Barack Obama,
      form part of efforts to tackle illegal immigration and drug-trafficking."

      (BBC)



    • Armchair deputies enlisted to patrol US-Mexico border
      Virtual sheriffs - Patrolling the US-Mexico border on the web
      "When John Spears gets home from his sales job in New York, he sits down at his computer with a bottle of beer and starts patrolling the US border...
      He is one of tens of thousands of people around the world who are volunteering to patrol the 1250-mile long (2000 km) stretch between Texas and Mexico via the web."

      (BBC)

    • A Harsh Path of Hope - AUDIO and Animation (The New York Times)
      - What a migrant experiences
      "A multimedia journey along the perilous route chosen by illegal immigrants to the United States since border security has been increased."

     

  • "The New York Times just published a very good interactive on immigration.
    It’s a timeline showing the major issues related to immigration reform that have occurred since 2004. They are short “snippets” with images.
    You can also see editorial responses from The Times for each event."(Larry Ferlazzo)

    (nytimes.com)

     

  • REFUGEES :

    • UNHCR refugee statistics: full data
      "There are more people forcibly displaced from their homes than ever before. Find out where refugees come from - and where they go."

      (guardian.co.uk)



      UNHCR = United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
      (Wikipedia)

    • UN warning on World Refugee Day
      "The reasons why people flee their homes are becoming increasingly complex and interlinked, the UN has warned as it marks World Refugee Day.
      ...
      There are about 11m refugees worldwide and 26m internally displaced people...
      Nowadays people do not just flee persecution and war. Other reasons include injustice, exclusion, competition for scarce resources and the human
      consequences of dysfunctional states..."

      + A VIDEO with Angelina Jolie
      (BBC)

     

    • REFUGEES - a guide
      Where do refugees come from?
      Why do refugees leave their homes?
      Where do refugees go?
      How are refugees treated by host countries?
      Why are refugees unwelcome?
      Towards a fairer refugee policy

      (uk.oneworld.net)

 

 

  • Immigration Explorer - interactive map
    "Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States."

    (nytimes.com)

 

 

  • Can we see your documents please, Your Majesty...
    "Queen faces anti-terror checks every time she leaves UK...
    For the first time, Her Majesty will be compelled to give her full name, age, address, nationality, gender and place of birth to immigration officials, who will then check that she is not on a list of wanted terrorists."

    (dailymail.co.uk)

 

  • Green cards
    "A Green Card is evidence of lawful permanent resident status in the United States."

    (usimmigrationsupport.org)



    Green Cards - 11 ways to get one!
    "The United States offers several ways to become a Permanent Resident (Green Card holder).
    A Green Card allows you to live and work permanently in the U.S."

    (visapro.com)

    How to Get a Green Card
    (5min.com)

 

 

 

  • Premier footballers will have to speak English
    Non-EU players face test under new migration rules

    "South American, African and other non-European footballers who cannot speak English will be barred from joining Premier League clubs from the autumn under the new points-based immigration system detailed by ministers yesterday.
    (The Guardian)
  • New immigration rules announced
    "Details of rules controlling the number of skilled migrants from outside the European Economic Area working in the UK are due to be revealed later."

    (BBC)

 

  • Immigrants Joining the Mainstream
    "Immigrants made the United States what it is.
    Being an American depends on acceptance of certain American ideals, not on the place of birth of a person or of his or her ancestors.
    This edition of eJournal USA tells the story of immigration and diversity as it has played out through the centuries and continues to play out now."
    (U.S. Department of State)

 

  • Immigration points system begins
    "The government has launched the first stage of a new points-based system for migrants from outside the EU."
    + VIDEO : Skilled migrants on what they can bring to Britain
    (BBC)

 

 

 

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  • The New Americans (PBS) :
    Meet the New Americans - Experience their cultural riches - Take the Myths and Realities Quiz -
    "Follow a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century." (PBS)
    "For the new Americans of the 21st century, the attempt to forge a better life is a daily struggle filled with immigration red tape, separation anxiety, and cultural ignorance found in their adopted country -- no easier than for those who came before them. Yet, they still come.
    This PBS series follows Ogoni refugees, a Palestinian bride, Dominican baseball players, a Mexican laborer, and an Indian tech worker as they learn what it takes to become American."(EDUHOUND)
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Pictures :

 

 

Glossary and Acronyms :

 

Listening :

  • Peers examine Britishness
    "Peers have debated the nature of Britishness, and the issues of balancing multi-culturalism and integration while maintaining a national identity."

    (BBC)

 

Conversation questions :

 

Activities :

  • The Tenement Museum: Education
    Interactive activities about immigration and lesson plans
    "Invite students to learn about immigration by studying the stories of 97 Orchard Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, home to nearly seven thousand working class immigrants. Students will learn about the challenges those immigrants faced in making a new life, working for a better future, and starting a family with limited means. The lesson plans, available for elementary, middle, and high school, use everyday objects, primary sources, and oral histories to help students learn and understand immigration history..." (Education World)

     

  • Image Detective
    "Read an image closely. Think critically about turn of the century America....
    Use this exercise to build students' skills in analyzing historical documents...
    Choose a picture to start :
    Immigration / Growing Cities / Industrialization / The West / Leisure and Amusement / Progressive Reform / Women and Suffrage / Children / World War I
    Method :
    Pose a question - Gather clues - Get background info - Draw a conclusion - See what others think

    (edc.org)

 

 

  • Immigration - Vocabulary Activities
    "As waves of immigrants arrived in the United States they brought with them their languages, dialects, and expressions, which have enriched "American English."
    Try these vocabulary games to learn how immigrant groups have contributed to the the language of this nation."

    (lcweb2.loc.gov)

 

 

 

  • The Empire Windrush Unit (Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique)
    "The idea of this unit stems from a text given for the Baccalaureat on June 2004, extracted from "And Justice There Was None" by Deborah Crombie, 2002.
    Along with the study of this text, I created a few activities to help the students understand the circumstances of the arrival of the newcomers, and the difficulties they might have faced to settle in their new neighbourhood.
    It was particularly important for me to go further as I teach in the Caribbean island of Martinique which is located between two islands of the British Commonwealth, namely St Lucia and Dominica. This was therefore a great opportunity for me to teach my students about the history of their region..."



 

Lesson plans :

  • Sequence Pack: Immigration to the US and Ellis Island
    (englishdaybyday.net)

  • The Tenement Museum: Education
    Interactive activities about immigration and lesson plans
    "Invite students to learn about immigration by studying the stories of 97 Orchard Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, home to nearly seven thousand working class immigrants. Students will learn about the challenges those immigrants faced in making a new life, working for a better future, and starting a family with limited means. The lesson plans, available for elementary, middle, and high school, use everyday objects, primary sources, and oral histories to help students learn and understand immigration history..." (Education World)

  • Séance de niveau A2/B1 : Les vagues d’immigration aux Etats-Unis de 1789 au début du 20è siècle : Chronologie
    Vidéo - Audio - Exercices - A2/B1...

    "Adaptée d’une vidéo libre de droit de 1946 intitulée "Immigration" et disponible dans son intégralité [00:10:22] sur the Internet Archive ,
    cette séance de niveau A2/B1 consiste à restituer la chronologie des grandes vagues d’immigration vers les Etats-Unis de 1789 au début du 20è siècle. Elle s’appuie sur le début de la vidéo de [00:00:00] à [00:02:48]."

    (openenglishweb.org)

 

  • Immigration - Fiches d'activités pédagogiques : Niveau primaire / Niveau collège / Niveau lycée
    (CNDP)


  • Coming to America: Immigration Builds a Nation
    "Discover the United States all over again as you introduce your students to the two major waves of immigration that
    brought 34 million people to our nation's shores and spurred the greatest period of national change and growth."

    (Education World)

  • Refugees.
    "Have a look at the article, story, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
    (British Council)

 

 

 

Webquests :

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Against All Odds - interactive
    A game that lets you experience what it is like to be a refugee

    (UNHCR - playagainstallodds.com)

 

 

Cartoons :

   

 

Immigration issues - Cartoons
(cagle.com)

 

 

Weird
(photos1.blogger.com)



Immigrants
at the Rio Grande River

(abanet.org):

"Millions of Mexican immigrants
have illegally entered the United States
from Mexico at the Rio Grande River.
Many have died in the attempt.
The cartoon shows two Mexican families
looking at each other across the river..."


 


American Maze

(sentimentalrefugee.com)


 

 

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
in PRESS CARTOONS

(lyc-gide-uzes.ac-montpellier.fr)

Run for the border.


 

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Videos :
  • USA: New immigration law in Arizona
    "If the law is enforced, policemen will be instructed to arrest anyone who they “reasonably suspect” is an illegal immigrant and who can’t show their papers. Opening the door to racial profiling ?"
    (dailymotion.com)

     

  • Angelina Jolie on World Refugee Day
    "UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie talks about the plight of refugees and its impact to her life."
    - with a QUIZ
    (englishcentral.com)

 

 

  • Definition of a Refugee - a video with the transcript - This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!
    (iptv.org)

 

  • Immigration
    by Mark Fiore - "a San Francisco cartoonist and animator whose work also appears in the Washington Post, L.A. Times and other publications"

    (sfgate.com)

 

 

Cinema :

  • There Are No Cats In America (poplyrics.net)
    Song from the film An American Tail (1986)
    It "reflects the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century
    (the mice represent the various oppressed minority/immigrant populations of the period, and the cats their various tormentors)..."

    (Wikipedia)

 

 

 

Songs :

  • There Are No Cats In America (poplyrics.net)
    Song from the film An American Tail (1986)
    It "reflects the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century
    (the mice represent the various oppressed minority/immigrant populations of the period, and the cats their various tormentors)..."

    (Wikipedia)

 

  • Kilkelly - Peter Jones
    "Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John
    Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good
    As to write these words down..."

    (celtic-lyrics.com)

    - the VIDEO
    Actual letters sent to a son in America by a father left behind in Kilkelly, Co. Mayo. Written in the 19th century
    (YouTube)




    Kilkelly, Ireland - The diary of Pat McNamara, the schoolmaster
    "One hundred years ago today on the 17th December, 1902 Pat McNamara, the schoolmaster so fondly commemorated in the beautiful and touching ballad 'Kilkelly Ireland', died..."
    (hoganstand.com)

  • Illegal alien - Genesis - WITH LYRICS to your right
    "Down at the office had to fill out the forms
    A pink one, a red one, the colours you choose,
    Up to the counter to see what they think...
    Over the border, there lies the promised land
    Where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand..."

    (YouTube)

 

  • Thousands are sailing - sung by The Pogues
    "Thousands are sailing
    Across the western ocean
    Where the hand of opportunity
    Draws tickets in a lottery
    Where eer we go, we celebrate
    The land that makes us refugees..."

    (lyricsfreak.com)

    - the VIDEO :
    A short film about emigration from Ireland due to the potato famine.
    The film is set to The Pogues song - Thousands are sailing

    (YouTube)

  • Bruce Springsteen Across The Border Live In Studio (YouTube)
    - the lyrics :
    "Tonight my bag is packed
    Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks
    That'll lead me across the border..."

  • America by Neil Diamond (esl-lounge.com)
    "We've been traveling far
    Without a home
    But not without a star
    Free
    Only want to be free
    We huddle close
    Hang on to a dream..."

  • The Great American Melting Pot
    New Activity by: Renée Maufroid

  • Immigration Man by Graham Nash :
    "There I was at the immigration scene
    Shining and feeling clean, could it be a sin
    I got stopped by the immigration man
    He says he doesn't know if he can let me in..."



Stories :

  • The Other Side of Truth "is a children's novel about Nigerian political refugees by Beverley Naidoo, published in 2000.
    A powerful story about justice and freedom of speech, it received several awards including the Carnegie Medal.
    The novel is set in the autumn of 1995 during the reign of the despot General Abacha who is waging a campaign of suppression against journalists.
    A Nigerian girl and her younger brother have to leave Nigeria suddenly when their mother is killed during an assassination attempt on their outspoken journalist father. They are abandoned in London and have to cope with the police, social services and school bullies."

    (Wikipedia)

    The Other Side of Truth - a study guide
    (pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk)

    The Other Side of Truth - Worksheets
    (teachit.co.uk)

    "Tell a lie, play with fire. But don’t complain about the smoke!"