Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans

Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities
Herausgeber: Chen, Edith Wen-Chu; Omatsu, Glenn

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Produktbeschreibung

The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was created to address this void. This resource guide provides interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for classrooms or workshops. Those new to the field of Asian American studies will appreciate the background information on issues that concern Asian Pacific Americans, while experts in the field will find powerful, innovative teaching activities that clearly convey established and new ideas. The activities in this book have been used effectively in classrooms, workshops for staff and practitioners in student services programs, community-based organizations, teacher training programs, social service agencies, and diversity training. Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans serves as a critical resource for anyone interested in race, ethnicity, and Asian Pacific American communities.

Produktdetails

• Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans Nr.15
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1094g
• ISBN-13: 9780742553378
• ISBN-10: 074255337X
• Artikelnr.: 21058275

Autorenporträt

Edith Wen-Chu Chen is associate professor in the Asian American studies department at California State University, Northridge. Her interests include race and ethnicity, Asian American women, intercultural communication, and Asians in the Americas. Glenn Omatsu is senior lecturer in Asian American studies and faculty mentor program coordinator for the Educational Opportunity Program at California State University, Northridge. He is co-editor (with Steve Louie) of Asian Americans: The Movement and Moment.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part One: Definitions, Concepts, and Issues Part
3 Chapter One: Vietnamese Boat People: Separation and Loss Chapter 4
Straddling Two Social Worlds: The Experiences of Vietnamese Refugee
Children in the United States Chapter 5 An Oral History of Huy Tran: A
Vietnamese American Refugee's Story Part 6 Chapter Two: Feast of
Resistance: Asian American History Through Food Chapter 7 Japanese
Americans and Chick-Sexing Part 8 Chapter Three: Food and "Pin@y Time":
Mapping the Filipino American Experience Chapter 9 Timeline of Filipino
American History Part 10 Chapter Four: Deconstructing the Model Minority
Image: Asian Pacific Americans, Race, Class, Gender and Work Chapter 11
Southeast Asian Refugees Groups and the Barriers They Face Part 12 Chapter
Five: Building Allies: Linking Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Asian
American Studies Chapter 13 Alan's Story: Female-to-Male Transexual
Straight Man Part 14 Chapter Six: Globalization and Transnationalism
Role-Playing Activity: Korean Immigrants and the Garment Industry Chapter
15 Globalizations' "Race to the Bottom" Creates Sweatshops Chapter 16
Sweatshops in Our Backyards Chapter 17 A Los Angeles Garment Worker's
Experience Part 18 Chapter Seven: Expressive Therapies for Asian American
Clients: The Value of Nonverbal Sand Tray Therapy Part 19 Chapter Nine:
Representations of Asian Americans in Advertising: Constructing Images of
Asian Americans Part 20 Chapter Ten: Ripping Up Culture: Helping Students
Reconnect with Their Cultural Values Part 21 Part Two: War, Colonialism,
and Imperialism Part 22 Chapter Eleven: Paradise and the Politics of
Tourist Hawai'i Chapter 23 From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and
Sovereignty in Hawai'i Part 24 Chapter Twelve: Racializing the "Enemy":
Japanese Americans after 12/7/41 and American Muslims and Arabs after
11/9/01 Chapter 25 After September 11, 2001: An Asian Pacific American
Perspective Part 26 Chapter Thirteen: Teaching about Muslims and Hindus in
the USA: "And all they will call you will be deportee" Chapter 27 Hate
Crimes Immediately after September 11, 2001 Part 28 Chapter Fourteen: On
the Cursings and Blessings of War: Discussions for a Filipino American
Experience Class Chapter 29 Filipinos and the "Negritos Americanos": Empire
and Racial Bonds Part 30 Chapter Fifteen: Addressing Redress: Japanese
Americans Reparations for Their Internment During World War II Part 31 Part
Three: Community Building, Learning, and Organizing Part 32 Chapter
Sixteen: Making Student Leadership Development an Integral Part of Our
Classrooms Part 33 Chapter Seventeen: Beyond the Egg Roll, Fortune Cookies
and Paper Fans: Seeing the Residential SIde of Chinatown Part 34 Chapter
Eighteen: Mobilizing Students to Respond to Community Needs-Organizing a
Class around a Community Project Part 35 Chapter Nineteen: Bridging
Generations: Bringing the Experiences of Illness, Health, and Aging into
the Classroom Part 36 Chapter Twenty: Oral History and Multiculturalism
Part 37 Chapter Twenty-One: Bridging Asian American and African American
Communities Part 38 Chapter Twenty-Two: Political Tours of Our Communities:
Linking "Book Knowledge" with "Lived Experiences" Part 39 Part Four:
Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies Part 40 Chapter Twenty-Three:
Understanding Privilege in American Society Part 41 Chapter Twenty-Four: An
Exploration of Meaning: Critically Thinking about History Part 42 Chapter
Twenty-Five: Generative Thinking: Using a Funding Proposal to Inspire
Critical Thinking Part 43 Chapter Twenty-Six: Promoting Transgressions
through the Automatic Reward System in the Literature Course Part 44
Chapter Twenty-Seven: What's Wrong with a Colorblind Perspective: A New
Model of Critical Caring for Teachers Part 45 Chapter Twenty-Eight:
Modeling Whiteness: Minorities, Assimilation and Resistance Part 46 Part
Five: Resources Part 47 Chapter Twenty-Nine: Web Resources for Teaching
Asian American Studies Part 48 About the Editors Part 49 About the
Contributors Part 50 Index

Rezensionen

This book should be required reading for anyone who teaches a class on the nation's rapidly growing and immensely diverse Asian Pacific American population, or more generally on ethnic and racial groups in America. Experienced instructors, as well as those who are teaching for the first time, will benefit greatly from the array of innovative, exciting, and 'best practices' classroom activities and strategies that are featured in this collection. This is more than a 'how to' book. It provides a compelling perspective on how the historical and contemporary experiences of all immigrant and minority groups can and ought to be taught in the twenty-first century. -- Don T. Nakanishi, University of California, Los Angeles I learned so much from reading Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans. Not only does the book uncover mounds of hidden history and surprising information, it demonstrates a wealth of participatory teaching strategies. This is an extraordinary collection. I hope these activities find their way into classrooms across the country. -- Bill Bigelow, editor, Rethinking Schools This collection is interdisciplinary in scope, encompassing a variety of social science disciplines including sociology as well as humanitites and professional education. Teaching Sociology