Video+Story+Board+Concept

The initial idea for the story board is displayed on our discussion section. The overall idea is to explain immigration via an iMovie. The goal of this video was thought up as more of a learning tool. Because of this, the video will be more simplistic. It will contain audio over slides of text, pictures, and photos that are relevant to the topic. The video will explain immigration in America from a broad aspect. It will discuss key periods of immigration, the debate today, and how it can be applied to our content areas of Social Studies and Spanish.

Time Line:


 * Intro Slide "A Look at Immigration in America" (5 seconds)**

"Hello, and thank you for watching //A Look at Immigration in America.// Today we will be looking at the theoretical history of immigration in America. This story begins the possible argument that the first movement of immigration began with the arrival of the Clovus people in 11,000 BC. Since then, more notable waves of immigration have come through the United States. This begins the story of immigration as we know it. What are the most notable periods of immigration? There are four, beginning in the era of colonization and continuing to the highly debated immigration of today. Let's begin our journey toward the discovery of U.S. immigration." YouTube video for clip @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds5D2SHwUvo
 * Introduction that explains what the video will go over/theoretical history of immigration (43 seconds)**
 * 1 (0-4 seconds)
 * 3 (4-8)
 * 4 (8-14)
 * 5 (14-18)
 * video clip segment 0:53 - 1:00 (25-29)
 * video clip segment 1:05-1:09) (29-32)
 * climbing fence (32-35)
 * USA keep out (35-38)
 * border fence (38-43)


 * Immigration as we know it.** Describes the first and second major waves of immigration (when they happened, how came over, why they came over, what challenges they faced). Show clips of early immigrants along with photos (3-6 minutes)
 * Continuing our brief history of American immigration, we will now be covering the second and third waves of immigration, and some of the challenges these groups faced. In regards to the second wave of immigration, it occurred during much of the 1800s and is most commonly associated with Western expansion (10 seconds).
 * There were many German immigrants at this time who were moving to farms in search of a better life. There were also many Irish immigrants coming over during this time period. In regards to the Irish, they came over mostly due to the potato famine (10 seconds).
 * Many Irish moved to the cities because of this. Though Irish immigrants were able to be successful in America, they faced some strong criticisms that parallel the debate of today (10 seconds).
 * One of these was the common stereotype that the Irish were engaging in rowdy drinking and lewd behavior. This, of course, was a negative stereotype that was attached to the Irish. There was also a concern over Irish immigrants being Catholic (10 seconds).
 * There was an almost conspiratorial concern that the growth of the Irish immigrants would create the heightened presence of Catholicism in America. Whether it came from the Pope of the Vatican, there was a concern over Irish immigrants degrading the American fabric (10 seconds).
 * And, of course, there was a common complaint that immigrants were taking jobs away from people who were already living in America. This is an important point to consider when looking at the modern immigration debate. The idea of stealing jobs is still a concept that holds true today (10 seconds).
 * In regards to the third wave of immigration, this wave is what we associate with most when we think of immigration in American history. It's the idea of Ellis Island and immigrants coming in waves and droves in search of a better life. They were part of the industrial age and this new wave of progress. Many of these immigrants came in millions from Eastern Europe, and though they were also able to lead more successful lives, they still faced similar challenges to the second wave. This is especially true when the Great Depression hit America (20 seconds).
 * The Great Depression left a great deal of people out of work both immigrant and not. As this problem continued, immigrants became the subject of concern. Much like with the second wave, it was the concern that immigrants were stealing jobs (10 seconds).
 * Also similar to the second wave, there was a fear of Socialism coming from Eastern Europe. Whereas the second wave had the concern over Catholicism, the third wave was more concern about Socialism destroying the American fabric (10 seconds).
 * It's fascinating to look at the challenges from the second and third wave of immigration in relation to today. When you look at the issues such as stealing jobs and destroying the American culture, these arguments tend to still hold true today (10 seconds).


 * Compare the historical "waves" of immigration in American history to the current immigration in situation** (show video and slides) (2 minutes)

Estimated total run time (7 minutes and 35 seconds - 10 minutes and 35 seconds).