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Lin ZhaoDavisonThanks to Mr. Dube for the interesting seminars. He is so passionate about and knowledgeable of Asia so that he could keep us engaged even when learning about some tough topics. He introduced so many movements going on in China during 1840 and 1970 that resulted in social change. I found it particuly interesting that Beatles sent to Hong Kong in 1964. I'm pleased to learn that Beatles were pioneering musicians travelling around the world including Hong Kong. Their performances kept their songs and names alive in modern China. They were cultural ambassadors through music!
Lin ZhaoDavisonIn 1842, Hong Kong was leased to Britain as a result of the Treaty of Nanjing, and the island had been ruled by British since then until China took it back. "A century of humiliation", as described by Chinese people, includes the Treaty of Nanjing which was a typical example of foreigners ruling China. However, Hong Kong was economically more prosperous than China under British rule and some Hong Kong residents preferred that the island was under custody of British as they were used to the Western style of life. Hong Kong still has significant autonomy in the rein of China. If there was no Treaty of Nanjing, Hong Kong might not be a unique melting pot of East-West cultures.
Erin TanguayI found the lecture by Professor Dube on the hukou system (household registration) in China very interesting. This system was based on who your mother was and where she lived (this was a way of restricting migration to the city). The fact that it is still used today in healthcare and education and this system determines where you can live and what kind of job you can have is such a foreign concept in our country. Dube explained why this system also caused great famine in the countryside. Since some grain went to the state for tax and the rest went to the people based on how many points you worked. One day = one point. The male head of the house received the payment. City status people can eat state subsidized grain. Country folk cannot eat govt. grain. This was an example of inequality the city people received the lions share (schooling, food amount). I also found it interesting to learn that this led to the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution where Mao argued for revolution, which is the structure that he created. So he uses the students (young people) to tell them to rise and criticize the communist. This explains the little red book (Mao’s teachings) was written to praise Mao and carried by the military, workers, soldiers (the trinity of the people of China). A great question to ask students is what our government could have you carry at all times in order to show your loyalty to your government (ex. Constitution, Declaration).
Valerie DobyWe were supposed to post at the last session what films we were going to watch here are the ones I am thinking about. I want to watch an Anime because my students really love them and I want to find one that we can watch that will also teach some history.
Films
Princess Mononoke - (Anime) On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Twilight Samurai - As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing 2 young daughters, an aged mother, clan loyalties, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
Shaolin - In a land torn by strife, the righteous monks of Shaolin stand as a beacon of hope for the oppressed masses.
The Legend of Silk Boy (Anime) - The Legend of Silk Boy is a story about an ambitious little boy who stumbles into a magical world filled with fun, laughter, adventure, danger and the most amazing and colorful characters you've ever seen. Along his journey, Silk Boy discovers the history of his country and becomes a hero by fighting against the evil Filthington The Fourth who will stop at nothing to obtain all the riches of the world - especially the control of the rarest silk on earth made by the beautiful Goddess of Silk.
Valerie DobyLesson Plans ideas
China
Government by Foreign Rule - The Mongol Period
Analyze the influences of Confucianism and changes in Confucian thought during the Sung and Mongol periods.
2. Chinese Inventions (with a project for the students)
Trace the historic influence of such discoveries as tea, the manufacture of paper, wood-block printing, the compass, and gunpowder.
Japan
1.Study the ninth and tenth centuries' golden age of literature, art, and drama and its lasting effects on culture today, including Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji.
2.Analyze the rise of a military society in the late twelfth century and the role of the samurai in that society.
Valerie DobyThe idea of communal living is not what I pictured when I think of Communist. Nor did I picture the breaking down of families. It made me think of the 60’s and communal living. I think this might be an interesting discussion because in the Latino and African American community there are a lot of parallels to the idea of a commune living. These communities all come together, eat together and of course have 2nd mothers and fathers. I think it would be a great project to compare and contrast forced family making vs it happening naturally. What would the kids feel, how would the parents feel? How could this have worked in China? What would have been a better plan to create this form of living?
clay dubeAs Erin highlights, we talked about the hukou (household responsibility) system in our last session.
Since that session, the Chinese government has been acting to force migrants (that is, people without Beijing hukou) to leave. These people largley built the city, but are now being driven out. Please see the following:
photos http://shanghaiist.com/2017/11/27/beijing-evictions.php
South China Morning Post http://shanghaiist.com/2017/11/27/beijing-evictions.php
Chinese scholars oppose the push, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/27/china-ruthless-campaign-evict-beijings-migrant-workers-condemned
Reuters - video when the effort began in summer https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/08/11/migrants-fear-being-forced-out-by-beijin?videoId=372296190
Alejandra JimenezI teach 4th grade ELD students raging from ELD levels 1-3. I will teach them about Korean immigration to California. I am planning to start with the world map to compare and cotrast the journey from someone who comes from an Asia country as oppose to someone comming from South America. I believe that most students will notice the long distance journey for many of the Korean immigrants. I have a few students form Blangladesh that will probably make personal connections with the journies many people take from Asia in order to come to America.
We have learned geography vocabulary, land marks, oceans, modern technology about maps and traveling. I believe that most of my students will be able to speak using academic language on this interesting topic about Social Studies.
Alejandra JimenezThank you Professor Dube and Ms. Gao.
You do an amazing job on continuing to educate teachers that as you already know we are life long learners that we try to continue to educate to be better prepare ourselves for our students. Thank you for your hard work on putting together this amazing seminar. Without this type of seminars I don't think that I would have been able to learn this much information about a fraction of Asia history.
Ann HuynhThe Cultural Revolution in China led to many people accusing and turning against families and friends. The people who ended up with the most power was the red guards, the youths of China. They might have been swept up in the ideology under Mao of creating a better China that they created big character poster to denounce those who were revisionists (a threat to the Communist Party). We would look at some big character poster and talk about its effectiveness. At the end, we might create some big character posters.
Nira SunThe hukou system is indeed quite interesting. Within each city, there were good school "districts". However there was no school district concept in China. I remembered that when I was school-aged, my parents would try to get our hukou moved to an area where had "better" schools with better resources even though we had city hukou. People with hukou in the suburban area would try to get a hukou in cities. Sometimes it took them life time just to get to stay in the city. Without a city hukou, people could not purchase houses even if they save enough money for it. I guess this is a way for a city to protect its residents' access to benefits and resources. What's ironic is that migrants are the ones who contribute to the development of the city.
One thing I'm not quite sure is whether marriage will grant a city hukou.
Catalina SilvestreIn regards to the seminars I simply wanted To say that this has made a really enlightening experience. I am glad that the university offers in this institute to teachers Because of everything that we have covered I have a learned and experienced so much about the Chinese culture And about south east Asia. I'm excited to possibly get an opportunity To participate in another seminar covering other areas of this region. The information has been extremely detailed and I have received a plethora of resources Then I will be able to use and incorporate into my lessons with my students. So my students are intervention students do feel that some of the Information provided Can't replace some of the informational text that we already use. In addition to that, I plan on incorporating so many of the belief systems that I have read about into my motivation strategies that I use with my students. I want to continue to use the materials that I have gained access to bring awareness to others about other cultures. I believe that by doing so I am giving my students the best opportunity to become global leaders and fighters, who fight for what is right regardless of where they are in the world. I also strive for my students to simply have cultural and historical awareness
Jazmin LunaI agree with Lin. He made a topic not so interesting to me before, a topic that I would like to learn more about. Even though class was after a long day of work, he made the lectures enjoyable and the presenters were very knowledgable as well. Learning about different cultures helps you understand and get a better perspective as to why certain things happened. Even though many of the topics discussed here do not apply to second grade standards, I can use many examples when discussing certain topics. This will give my students different perspectives and help them understand that not every country is the same yet can experience similar events. Thank you for everything that you taught us and making this an enjoyable experience.
Sonia ArrayalesIn the last session, one of the topics that was the communal living that was implemented. It was interesting to see how they expected it to work, but how horribly wrong it went. To hear of what was happening to the people in these communes was disturbing. For my lesson, I plan to teach the students two Asian countries and have then do a compare and contrast between them. I teach second grade and this is one of the standards that can be addressed.
Tanish FortsonFrom what I have been learning, the hukou system has been a tool in implementing Communist economic, political, and social views. China has established an agricultural production unit and rapid urban industrialization during the “Great Leap Forward” and regulating intra-provincial migration to China’s boom areas in the more recent years. The government has been using this to its advantage. This system of population regulation identifies people as either rural or urban residents. The Communist party initiated this idea, which puts the Chinese people into two classes. The class with urban status enjoys welfare benefits and the rural status holders do not.
China’s economy is suffrering because of this. I’ve read that it is China is trying to expand urban hukou residency permits to millions of migrant worker by 2020 to rebalance it economy but they do not have the resources to do so. Before taking this class I never pictured China’s government like this. I feel so sad that migrant workers living and working away from their homes also face discrimination and are cut off from a lot of benefits and education for their children.