Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities (Volume 15) (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans (15))

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.--publisher's Website. Pt. 1. Definitions, Concepts, And Issues. Vietnamese Boat People: Separation And Loss / Mariam Beevi Lam ... [et Al.] -- Straddling Two Social Worlds: The Experiences Of Vietnamese Refugee Children In The United States / Min Zhou And Carl L. Bankston, Iii -- Huy Tran: A Vietnamese American Refugee's Story / Orange County Asian And Pacific Islander Community Alliance -- Feast Of Resistance: Asian American History Through Food / Tony Osumi -- What Is Chick Sexing? / Eiichiro Azuma -- Pin@y Time: Mapping The Filipino American Experience / Emily Porcincula Lawsin And Joseph A. Galura -- Timeline Of Filipino American History / Compiled By Emily Porcincula Lawsin -- Deconstructing The Model Minority Image: Asian Pacific Americans, Race, Class, Gender, And Work / Edith Wen-chu Chen -- Southeast Asian Refugee Groups And The Barriers They Face / Kimiko Kelly, Asian Pacific American Legal Center -- Building Allies: Linking Race, Class, Gender, And Sexuality In Asian American Studies / Gina Masequesmay -- Alan: A Female-to-male Transsexual Straight Man / Gina Masequesmay -- Globalization And Transnationalism Role-playing Activity: Korean Immigrants And The Garment Industry / Steven Masami Ropp -- Globalization's Race To The Bottom Creates Sweatshops / Sweatshop Watch -- Sweatshops In Our Backyard! / Sweatshop Watch -- A Los Angeles Garment Worker's Experience / Sweatshop Watch -- Expressive Therapies For Asian American Clients: The Value Of Nonverbal Sand Tray Therapy / Michi Fu -- Are High Achieving Asians Individualists? / Dharm P.s. Bhawuk And Vijayan P. Munusamy -- Representations Of Asian Americans In Advertising: Constructing Images Of Asian Americans / Maria Mami Turnmeyer -- Ripping Up Culture: Helping Students Reconnect With Their Cultural Values / Masaru Torito -- Pt. 2. War, Colonialism, And Imperialism. Paradise And The Politics Of Tourist Hawaiʻi / Wayne Au -- From A Native Daughter: Colonialism And Sovereignty In Hawaiʻi / Haunani-kay Trask -- Racializing The Enemy: Japanese Americans After 12/7/41 And American Muslims And Arabs After 9/11/01 / Vivian Tseng -- After September 11, 2001: An Asian Pacific American Perspective / Sin Yen Ling, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium -- Teaching About Hindus And Muslims In The Usa: And All They Will Call You Will Be Deportee / Amir Hussain -- Hate Crimes Immediately After September 11, 2001 / National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium -- On The Curses And Blessings Of War: Discussions For A Filipino American Experience Class / Allan Aquino -- Filipinos And The Negritos Americanos: Empire And Racial Bonds / Allan Aquino -- Addressing Redress: Japanese Americans' Reparations For Their Incarceration During World War Ii / Wayne Au -- Pt. 3. Community Building, Learning, And Organizing. Making Student Leadership Development An Integral Part Of Our Classrooms / Glenn Omatsu -- Beyond The Egg Rolls, Fortune Cookies, And Paper Fans: Seeing The Residential Side Of Chinatown / Andrew Leong -- Mobilizing Students To Respond To Community Needs: Organizing A Class Around A Community Project / Glenn Omatsu -- Bridging Generations: Bringing The Experiences Of Illness, Health, And Aging Into The Classroom / Grace J. Yoo -- Oral History And Multiculturalism / Mariam Beevi Lam ... [et Al.] -- Bridging Asian American And African American Communities / Ajay T. Nair -- Pt. 4. Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies. Understanding Privilege In American Society / W. David Wakefield -- An Exploration Of Meaning: Critically Thinking About History / Laura Uba -- Generative Thinking: Using A Funding Proposal To Inspire Critical Thinking / Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi -- Promoting Transgressions Through The Automatic Reward System In The Literature Classroom / George Uba -- What's Wrong With A Color-blind Perspective? A New Model Of Critical Caring For Teachers / Christina Ayala-alcantar -- Modeling Whiteness: Minorities, Assimilation, And Resistance / Sheena Malhotra And Aimee Carrillo Rowe -- Pt. 5. Resources. Web Resources For Teaching Asian American Studies / Glenn Omatsu. Edited By Edith Wen-chu Chen And Glenn Omatsu. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The legitimization of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline has led to the publication of new research, policy reports, and creative writing. Despite the plethora of new scholarship, many significant findings and critical ideas have failed to effectively reach college and high school students or the general American public. "Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans" was created for educators and other practitioners who want to use interactive activities, assignments, and strategies in their classrooms or workshops. Experts in the field of Asian American Studies will find powerful, innovative teaching activities that clearly convey established and new ideas, while those with less knowledge will appreciate the background information on issues that concern Asian Pacific Americans. The activities in this book have been used effectively in 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. Following an introduction written by Edith Chen and Glenn Omatsu, this book is organized into five parts. Part one, Definitions, Concepts, and Issues, contains the following chapters: (1) Vietnamese Boat People: Separation and Loss (Miriam Beevi Lam, James Lam, Michael Matsuda, and Diep Tran); (2) Feast of Resistance: Asian American History through Food (Tony Osumi); (3) Food and "Pin@y Time": Mapping the Filipino American Experience (Emily Porcincula Lawsin and Joseph A. Galura); (4) Deconstructing the Model Minority Image: Asian Pacific Americans, Race, Class, Gender and Work (Edith Wen-Chu Chen); (5) Building Allies: Linking Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Studies (Gina Masequesmay); (6) Globalization and Transnationalism Role-Playing Activity: Korean Immigrants and the Garment Industry (Steven Masami Ropp); (7) Expressive Therapies for Asian American Clients: The Value of Nonverbal Sand Tray Therapy (Michi Fu); (8) Representations of Asian Americans in Advertising: Constructing Images of Asian Americans (Maria Mami Turnmeyer); and (9) Ripping Up Culture: Helping Students Reconnect with Their Cultural Values (Masaru Torito). Part two, War, Colonialism, and Imperialism, presents the next group of chapters: (10) Paradise and the Politics of Tourist Hawaii (Wayne Au); (11) Racializing the "Enemy": Japanese Americans after 12/7/41 and American Muslims and Arabs after 11/9/01 (Vivian Tseng); (12) Teaching about Muslims and Hindus in the USA: "And All Will Call You Will Be Deportee" (Amir Hussain); (13) On the Cursings and Blessings of War: Discussions for a Filipino American Experience Class (Allan Aquino); and (14) Addressing Redress: Japanese Americans Reparations for Their Internment During World War II (Wayne Au). Part three, Community Building, Learning, and Organizing, includes the following chapters: (15) Making Student Leadership Development an Integral Part of Our Classrooms (Glenn Omatsu); (16) Beyond the Egg Roll, Fortune Cookies and Paper Fans: Seeing the Residential Side of Chinatown (Andrew Leong); (17) Mobilizing Students to Respond to Community Needs--Organizing a Class around a Community Project (Glenn Omatsu); (18) Bridging Generations: Bringing the Experiences of Illness, Health, and Aging into the Classroom (Grace J. Yoo); (19) Oral History and Multiculturalism (Miriam Beevi Lam, James Lam Michael Matsuda, and Diep Tran); (20) Bridging Asian American and African American Communities (Ajay T. Nair ); and (21) Political Tours of Our Communities: Linking "Book Knowledge" with "Lived Experiences" (Glenn Omatsu). Part four, Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies, contains the next group of chapters: (22) Understanding Privilege in American Society (W. David Wakefield); (23) An Exploration of Meaning: Critically Thinking about History (Laura Uba); (24) Generative Thinking: Using a Funding Proposal to Inspire Critical Thinking (Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi); (25) Promoting Transgressions through the Automatic Reward System in the Literature Course (George Uba); (26) What's Wrong with a Colorblind Perspective: A New Model of Critical Caring for Teachers (Christina Ayala-Alcantar); and (27) Modeling Whiteness: Minorities, Assimilation and Resistance (Sheena Malhotra and Aimee Carrillo Rowe). Part five, Resources, presents the final chapter of the book: (28) Web Resources for Teaching Asian American Studies (Glen Ommatsu). Brief sections presenting information about the editors and contributors and an index conclude the book Pt. 1. Definitions, concepts, and issues. Vietnamese boat people: separation and loss / Mariam Beevi Lam ... [et al.] Straddling two social worlds: the experiences of Vietnamese refugee children in the United States / Min Zhou and Carl L. Bankston, III Huy Tran: a Vietnamese American refugee's story / Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance Feast of resistance: Asian American history through food / Tony Osumi What is chick sexing? / Eiichiro Azuma "Pin@y Time": mapping the Filipino American experience / Emily Porcincula Lawsin and Joseph A. Galura Timeline of Filipino American history / compiled by Emily Porcincula Lawsin Deconstructing the model minority image: Asian Pacific Americans, race, class, gender, and work / Edith Wen-Chu Chen Southeast Asian refugee groups and the barriers they face / Kimiko Kelly, Asian Pacific American Legal Center Building allies: linking race, class, gender, and sexuality in Asian American studies / Gina Masequesmay Alan: a female-to-male transsexual straight man / Gina Masequesmay Globalization and transnationalism role-playing activity: Korean immigrants and the garment industry / Steven Masami Ropp Globalization's "race to the bottom" creates sweatshops / Sweatshop Watch Sweatshops in our backyard! / Sweatshop Watch A Los Angeles garment worker's experience / Sweatshop Watch Expressive therapies for Asian American clients: the value of nonverbal sand tray therapy / Michi Fu Are high achieving Asians individualists? / Dharm P.S. Bhawuk and Vijayan P. Munusamy Representations of Asian Americans in advertising: constructing images of Asian Americans / Maria Mami Turnmeyer Ripping up culture: helping students reconnect with their cultural values / Masaru Torito pt. 2. War, colonialism, and imperialism. Paradise and the politics of tourist Hawaiʻi / Wayne Au "From a native daughter: colonialism and sovereignty in Hawaiʻi" / Haunani-Kay Trask Racializing the "enemy": Japanese Americans after 12/7/41 and American Muslims and Arabs after 9/11/01 / Vivian Tseng After September 11, 2001: an Asian Pacific American perspective / Sin Yen Ling, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Teaching about Hindus and Muslims in the USA: "and all they will call you will be deportee" / Amir Hussain Hate crimes immediately after September 11, 2001 / National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium On the curses and blessings of war: discussions for a Filipino American experience class / Allan Aquino Filipinos and the "Negritos Americanos": empire and racial bonds / Allan Aquino Addressing redress: Japanese Americans' reparations for their incarceration during World War II / Wayne Au pt. 3. Community building learning, and organizing. Making student leadership development an integral part of our classrooms / Glenn Omatsu Beyond the egg rolls, fortune cookies, and paper fans: seeing the residential side of Chinatown / Andrew Leong Mobilizing students to respond to community needs: organizing a class around a community project / Glenn Omatsu Bridging generations: bringing the experiences of illness, health, and aging into the classroom / Grace J. Yoo Oral history and multiculturalism / Mariam Beevi Lam ... [et al.] Bridging Asian American and African American communities / Ajay T. Nair pt. 4. Critical thinking teaching strategies. Understanding privilege in American society / W. David Wakefield An exploration of meaning: critically thinking about history / Laura Uba Generative thinking: using a funding proposal to inspire critical thinking / Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi Promoting transgressions through the automatic reward system in the literature classroom / George Uba What's wrong with a color-blind perspective? A new model of critical caring for teachers / Christina Ayala-Alcantar Modeling whiteness: minorities, assimilation, and resistance / Sheena Malhotra and Aimee Carrillo Rowe pt. V. Resources. Web resources for teaching Asian American studies / Glenn Omatsu. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was created for educators and other practitioners who want to use interactive activities, assignments, and strategies in their classrooms or workshops. Experts in the field of Asian American Studies will find powerful, innovative teaching activities that help convey established as well as new areas of knowledge. The activities in this book have been effectively used in workshops for staff and practitioners in student services programs, community-based organizations, teacher training programs, social service agencies, and diversity training