Nuestro Futuro (Our Future): Rapid Assimilation | Carolina Stories - Episode 8

Immigrant parents worry that their children will assimilate too quickly and get into trouble. But Maria - like most immigrant kids - works hard to be successful, to prove that her parents' struggles to get to this country were worthwhile.

Standards

• 8-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact on South Carolina of significant events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
  • Changes that took place in the United States during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries revitalized the economy and challenged traditional society and politics in South Carolina. To understand the response of South Carolina to these ch...
    • 8-7.4 Summarize key economic issues in present-day South Carolina, including the decline of the textile industry, the state’s continuing right-to-work status, the changes in agricultural emphasis, the growing globalization and foreign investment,...
• 8.5.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the cultural changes in South Carolina and the U.S.