OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to describe key elements of George Nakashima’s life: his education, his work, his philosophy. Students will be able to explain how his craftsmanship with wood extended into art and became an expression of his beliefs through the creations he made. Students will be able to
OBJECTIVES: Describe specific events in Helen Zia’s life that illustrate her activism; identify other figures who are important in the growth of APIA activism; expand their understanding of what it means to be an “American” activist. Explore ways in which they might strive to improve the lives of others and
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to explore the role of racial housing covenants in segregating Asian American communities, as well as research and determine their modern-day social and economic consequences. Students will practice analyzing primary and secondary sources, including determining the central ideas, summarizing, and using specific textual or technical
OBJECTIVES: Explain what 1/32 means in human terms when it comes to determining one’s background. Apply facts from Hawai’i’s history that bring the point home as to why a fraction like 1/32 is important. Construct a meaningful definition of the word ”culture.”
OBJECTIVES: Recognize and understand the power of language: that words can be used to hurt and that they have a responsibility to choose words that support and promote human dignity. Students will be able to employ respectful vocabulary to discuss circumstances surrounding immigration, displacement, and human migration, and do so
OBJECTIVES: To explain with specific example show someone from an immigrant background might see experiences very differently from others who have been in the U.S. for a long time. To understand how one’s identity is shaped by one’s family, community, and personal experiences,
OBJECTIVES: Analyze the function of character in the book Interior Chinatown and how the characters relate to identity. Analyze the narrative structure and its significance to plot and theme. Identify textual evidence and create persuasive arguments. Use textual evidence to analyze setting and its relation to theme. Discuss the conflation
OBJECTIVES: Explore the colonial roots of our climate crisis through the lens of Indonesia’s sinking capital city of Jakarta. Learn about the various factors impacting groundwater depletion and the state of global water access.
OBJECTIVES: Students will learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, bringing the US into WWII. Students will learn about the Japanese and Japanese American Incarceration in the United States Students will examine the treatment of Japanese and Japanese Americans in Virginia prior to and during WWII
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to analyze documents relating to Joseph Pierce to tell a personal story of an immigrant soldier’s life. Students will be able to tell the story of Joseph Pierce, a Chinese American soldier in the Civil War fighting for the Union. Students will learn of major