The Most Beautiful Thing
OBJECTIVES: Analyze the relationships between family, culture, beauty, and wealth. Understand the value of cultural wealth. Understand the history of the Hmong people and how it impacts us today.
OBJECTIVES: Analyze the relationships between family, culture, beauty, and wealth. Understand the value of cultural wealth. Understand the history of the Hmong people and how it impacts us today.
OBJECTIVES: Explain what the Page Act (1875) did and give reasons for its passage. Show how the Page Act set the stage for the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. Describe ways in which the Page Act affected the lives of Chinese here already and contributed to stereotypes
OBJECTIVES: Students will critically analyze The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, focusing on authorial choices and use of literary devices. Students will engage with research about major themes in the text concerning Chinese-American identity, family, culture, history, and assimilation, as well as connect it back to the author’s message. Students
OBJECTIVES: Demonstrate the value in photography as a mode of advocacy and activism through the camera lens of Corky Lee and his documentation of the lives of Asian Americans. Explain how history is interpreted by examining Corky Lee’s work and showing how different perspectives can bring deeper understanding to the
OBJECTIVES: Understand what it means to be anti-racist Challenge oneself to advocate for others Be knowledgeable of the different forms of advocacy
OBJECTIVES: Understand and explain zero’s value as a number. Have students use zero in mathematical operations appropriate for their grade level. Know the story of zero and the unique contributions of those advancing the idea of zero as a numerical value, especially of Indian mathematicians.
OBJECTIVES: Describe the elements of the Vietnam War Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, as a way to understand how the memorial reflects both the complex history of the war and honors those who fought and died. Frame the key events and turning points of the Vietnam War in preparation for
OBJECTIVES: Identify who each of these women is and what each is known for. Assess the impact each had in the field for which she is known. Provide one or more reasons as to why each of them is little known despite their significant achievements
Objectives Discuss the background history of DC’s Chinatown and how the Chinese came to be established in a distinct area of Washington. Describe the political and social climate in Washington, DC, and the rest of the nation in April 1968 regarding the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Explain
OBJECTIVES: Students will identify and explain the causes, effects, and characteristics of the Transcendentalist movement and Transcendentalist texts in a short paragraph. Using an example from the literature examined in class, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the varying Asian cultural and religious ideologies (i.e. Hinduism and