Thursday, October 23rd
Policy reminders
• Tardies to class: Students that arrive to class late must sign in at the front left table. Students late will serve a 30 minute detention. It is essential that you arrive to class on time.
• Electronic Devices: No electronic devices of any kind should be used during class without the permission of the instructor. Please place any and all technology away before class begins. Items seen or used will be confiscated, no questions asked, and turned into the front office.
Tuesday , December 6 / Wednesday, December 7
Discussion: TEST: WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES
Homework: Study for the short answer portion of the test
Thursday, December 8 / Friday, December 9
Discussion: Test, Part II – Short Answer Questions
Unit Overview: Asian Americans
Discussion of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Homework: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Assignment
Monday, December 12 / Tuesday, December 13
Discussion: Discussion of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother/Triple Package
Groups: Asian American Profile
Homework: Chapter 1, Blood Done Sign My Name & PRINT OUT questions for Searching for Gold Mountain
Wednesday, December 14 / Thursday, December 15
Discussion: Asian American Profile
Groups: “Searching for Gold Mountain: Strangers from a Pacific Short”
Video Clip: Chinese Americans
Homework: Chapter 2, Blood Done Sign My Name AND PRINT OUT the CNN Web Assignment
Friday, December 16 / Monday, December 19
Discussion: Module Reading & Questions
Web Activity: Uncovering America: The Asian American Journey
Homework: Chapter 2, Blood Done Sign My Name and finish the web activity if you did not already do so
Tuesday, December 20 / Wednesday, December 21
Discussion: Discuss Module Reading Questions
Ted Talk: “Why I Love a Country That Once Betrayed Me” (George Takai)
Supreme Court Case: Korematsu v. United States
Homework: Chapter 3, Blood Done Sign My Name
Thursday, December 22 / Tuesday, January 3
Discussion: Asian Americans: Growth & Diversity (jigsaw activity)
Homework: Chapter 3, Blood Done Sign My Name AND PRINT OUT the Washington Post Article under
Wednesday, January 4 / Thursday January 5
Discussion: Model Minority Debate
Homework: Chapter 4, Blood Done Sign My Name
Friday, January 6 / Thursday, January 12
NOTE: SCHOOL CANCELLED Monday, January 9 – Wednesday, January 11 due to snow
Discussion: Review Model Minority; Jigsaw Activity on Asian Americans
Homework: Chapter 4, Blood Done Sign My Name
Friday, January 13 / Tuesday, January 17 (No School on Monday January 16th)
Discussion: Discuss Jigsaw/Review for test
Homework: Study for test
Wednesday, January 18 / Thursday, January 19
TEST: ASIAN AMERICANS
Module Questions
1. Who were the first Asian-Americans to come to the United States? Why did they come?
2. What events caused the Chinese to leave their native country to come to America?
3. How were the Chinese immigrants used in the development of American history?
4. Describe how Chinese entrepreneurialism got started in America.
5. The Japanese were the next Asian-American cultural group to come to America. Describe the events that led to their immigration.
6. How did Korean immigrants come to the United States?
7. Why is WWII important to Asian-Americans, in light of their assimilation in American culture?
8. List the languages of Asian-Americans.
9. What are the major religions of Asian-Americans? Describe them.
10. List four major characteristics of the Asian-American family.
Part I – Terms and Vocabulary:
Assimilation
Coolies
Discrimination
Ethnophaulisms
Expulsion
Extermination
Fusion
Gold Mountain
Gook Syndrome
Haoles
Ilchomose
Kye
Middlemen Minorities
Model Minority
Panethnicity
Pluralism
Racial Profiling
Secession
Segregation
Stereotypes
Tiger Mother
Viet Kieu
Yellow Peril
Part II – Short Answer Questions
1. What contributions did the following groups make to America: (A) Chinese, (B) Japanese, (C) Korean, (D) Taiwanese, and (E) Vietnamese
2. How is anti-semitism like yellow peril?
3. Create a profile of the Asian American family.
4. What are the major religions of Asian-American groups?
5. How many Asian Americans are there in Jordan High School? North Carolina? The United States?
6. What states have an Asian American population higher than 5%?
7. How many people live in China? What impact does China have on the United States?
8. What impact did the Immigration Act of 1990 have on Asian Americans?
9. Describe the four periods of Filipino immigration.
10. Identify languages that Asian Americans speak?
11. Describe the quick vote on the CNN web assignment.
12. What happened at Pearl Harbor?
13. What were the internment camp policies? Identify Korematsu v. United States.
14. What are the two largest groups of Asian Americans in the United States?
15. Create a profile of Asian Americans, citing four characteristics.
16. What are 6 reasons why Chinese Americans are not more active in politics.
17. What are 8 specific ways in which mainstream news media use ethnic slurs and stereotypes, demonstrate insensitivity, and otherwise exhibit bias in reporting?
18. What are Chinatowns?
19. What are two reasons for Chinese men entering the “laundry” line of work?
20. Identify the model minority concept.
21. What are four arguments that support Asian Americans as the “model minority?”
22. What are four arguments against the idea that Asian Americans are the “model minority?”
23. What are six stereotypes of Asian Americans from the film Gung Ho?
24. What are the seven consequences of subordinate group status? Provide examples as relates to Asian Americans.
25. What are four reasons Asians came to the United States?
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