Immigration and Migration and the Making of a Modern American City

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.03.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Rationale
  4. Historical Background
  5. Film/TV Background
  6. Essential Questions
  7. Strategies
  8. Notes
  9. Annotated Bibliography
  10. Appendix

Lights, Camera, Immigration! An Examination of Global Cities through Film

Erin Breault

Published September 2014

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Essential Questions

Globalization

  1. What economic, social and political processes are involved in globalization, immigration and migration? What is the role of the global city in these processes?
  2. What form of the economy — post -industrial, service, finance — is evident in the films?
  3. How do immigrants connect to this economy?
  4. What gender differences are evident?
  5. How is the border represented?
  6. What local and regional differences are there between the global cities of Los Angeles and London?

Film Analysis

  1. Whose voices do we hear in the film? What film effects are utilized to convey the film's position on immigration?
  2. To what extent do these films reflect social reality? Are they representative of a particular ideology?

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