Stories of Immigration – From Afghanistan to America
10:35
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Hear one woman’s story about emigrating from Afghanistan to America. Learn about life in her home country, what brought her to America and how moving to America has changed her life.
Type of Video: Interview*
Unique Video ID: Culture-27**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as part of your study of recent world history to provide students a first person account of what was happening in Afghanistan in the late 20th and early 21st century.
- Provide students background information on the time frame of her immigration to the United States and the relationship between that event in her life, the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, and the September 11 attacks in the United States. How do her first person recollections of life in Afghanistan provide students additional insight into the events of that time?
*Interviews feature extended conversation exploring fascinating topics with fascinating people in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
