In The Mix: Teen Immigrants (Excerpt)

In the Mix is the Emmy award winning PBS documentary series for teens.

A record number of immigrants are being naturalized in America, especially Hispanic and Asian groups. However, animosity towards immigrants and tensions over race and customs are often sources of violent confrontations. As one young immigrant described it, America is less of a melting pot and more of a "salad bowl with lots of little chunks." In the Mix profiles five teen immigrants of different races and countries, including the Dominican Republic, China, Russia, Africa and India/Tanzania, to convey a deeper understanding of their motivation in coming to America. We learn about the experiences and challenges they face, as well as their aspirations for the future. In addition to breaking down stereotypes, the program is also supportive and of high interest to teen immigrants.

"I'm always on the look-out for resources. I implement training for teachers on how to use effective teaching and support strategies for youngsters who are immigrating." -Melodee, CA

Over 60 half hour additional programs on topics of critical interest to teens are available as educational DVDs. Many are closed captioned and have Spanish subtitles. For full descriptions, transcripts, video clips, discussion guides, lesson plans, ordering information, and more, please visit our website www.inthemix.org. A full catalog and free Discussion Guides can be downloaded at www.inthemix.org/Educators. For one day shipping orders or volume discounts please call 800-343-5540.

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• inthemix
• teens
• teenagers
• immigrants
• immigration

[DamenClide]

God, I hate New Tech Calumet now. This video = sleep time.

[lkctravis]

i'm a 6 greade student from texas who has recently completed a workshop on immigration. This video shows how Luincys had a hard time leaving her dad behind.Once she moved to the U.S. shestuggled with the lanuge .Luincyas experience is like that of many other teens and kids who come to the U.S one kide i read about Jair struggled with the lanuage another kid i read about Varpaln travoling alone whith her sister.

[lkctravis]

im a 6th grade student from texas who has recently completed a workshop on imagration. this video shows how luincys had a hard time leaving home because she had to say goodbye to her father and uncle . once she moved to the u.s she struggled with learning the lanuge and also what to wear.luincys's experice is like the many other teens and kids who come from diffrent contries to the u.s one kid i read about jair struggeld with lanuage.anthoer kid i read about vrpal struggeld with leaving home.

[lkctravis]

im a 6th grade student from texas who has recently completed a workshop on imagration. this video shows how luincys had a hard time leaving home because she had to say goodbye to her father and uncle . once she moved to the u.s she struggled with learning the lanuge and also what to wear.luincys's experice is like the many other teens and kids who come from diffrent contries to the u.s one kid i read about jair struggeld with lanuage.anthoer kid i read about vrpal struggeld with l

[lkctravis]

im a 6th grade student from texas who has recently completed a workshop on immigration this video shows how luincys had a hard time leaving home because she left her dad and uncle once she moved to u.s., she struggled with understanding what they were saying luincys experiences like that of many other teens and kids who come to the u.s., one kid i read about jair strugguled

with learning english another kid i reaad about virpal struggled with her sister traveling alone

[lkctravis]

i'm a 6th-grade student from Texas who has recently completed a Workshop on immigration. This video show how Luincys had a hard time leaving home because she had to leave her dad and uncel. Once she move to the US she struggled with speaking a new language. Luincys's experience is like that of many other teens and kids who come to the U.S. One kid I read about is Virpal, struggled with traveling alone with her little sister. Another kid I read about is Jair, struggled with speaking English.

[liveandmore]

Thanks for sharing such great story. I'll show it to my HS students!