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Rob_Hugo@PortNWWhat have you found interesting in the East Asia & New Media in My Classroom booklet?
I was reading through the reference section in the East Asia & New Media in My Classroom booklet today. What I found interesting was comparing the population size of the Asia countries with our own. Our GDP exceeded every country by such a degree that I’m thankful to be an American. Only Japan came close with a GDP of about 23K compared to our 33K GDP per capita.
Next I browsed the section on Early East Asian civilizations and found the comic strip type of stories quite interested. In almost all of the stories it was evident that having good morals were highly regarded and that those who lived honorably were well rewarded. However, it seemed that a common issue was poverty and the search of food. I think it may have related to a history of a low GDP. It’s not fun being so poor that you can’t even afford to feed your family
AnonymousDear Ceramics Teacher,
were you referring to the notebook we got in the seminar? Pls let me know which booklet you referenced........it looked helpful, as I teach World Geo at Chaparral High School in Temecula. Thanks,
Cathy Crawford
Aug 06 UCLA E Asia Institute at UCLA w/ Dr. Dube
AnonymousAt the moment, I am teaching 7th grade language arts and humanities. When my classes get to the poetry portion of the curriculum, I am going to read to them some of the poetry in our "notebook". I found the poetry in our notebooks to be beautiful, full of descriptive language and scenes. It was a new experience for me because I have never read Chinese poetry. I found their skills in writing poetry to be quite exceptional. I hope that these poems along with others, will benefit my students and help them understand that all cultures wrote poetry.
AnonymousOne of the many things I learned this summer was how important familial piety was to the Chinese, and still is today. I think this is an important detail which we can impart to our students. I think if we talked with them about how extensive Chinese filial piety was, they might not think their parents, or us, were being so hard on them. Also, it might make them think twice about doing something when being asked to by their parents. Even the best behaved students do not place their family first before others. It would also make an excellent essay question if you had students compare and constrast Chinese filial piety with perhaps Mexican familial piety.
AnonymousYou could also assign a compare and contrast type essay that looks at Chinese filial piety and their own family experiences. One could use that as a class opening journal entry to begin a discussion about filial piety and how families in other cultures relate to one another as well.[Edit by="rspringer on Sep 18, 9:08:38 PM"][/Edit]