Potential Curriculum - Angel Island

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I believe we are to post on potential curriculum. I primarily teach United States History and focus on the Asian experience in the United States. Therefore, I was searching for a site on Angel Island. I ran across two sites that I plan on referring to in the future. One is call Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. This site has historical information as well as information on teacher resource material. There is a brief list of books available for students as well as adults. They also provide information on school tours. Something I did not know about Angel Island is that it is open for public camping. The second site is called Angel Island Poetry. This site has a great photo gallery which I am going to have my students sit down and view. I don't think I am supposed to link any website addresses, but if you want to e-mail me I will be more than happy to send you the addresses.

[Anonymous]

Hey I am replying to myself! I did not want to create a new thread so I will be posting the potential curriculum post on one thread.

I found this really cool site on Japan. It is called Hagi Travel Guide. This site has everything that you ever wanted to know about Japan on one site. I mean everything and a lot of really cool picture. In the past, I had students create travel brochures. This site is all they would need on Japan. This site contains historical information, geographical, food, arts and crafts, list of major attractions, economic information, entertainment, traditional Japanese culture, international relations, information on Japanese related film, a photo exhibit on the Great Kanto Earthquake and so much more than I can begin to describe. Under Japanese History the site covers the early days and every Japanese period such as Nara, Heian, Kamakura,Muramacha and so on until the present. This is a wonderful site to explore. I spent at least fifteen minutes checking out pachinko machines. I think, I will buy one for the living room. This is a fun site to visit and I think my students will enjoy it. As for lessons that can be generated you are only limited by your own creativity.

Again I will not list the address. The sites name is Hagi Travel Guide and you most likely can find it with a general search. If not e-mail me and I will gladly send you the address.[Edit by="bnakama on Aug 26, 10:59:47 AM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

Has any of you heard of a childrens book titled Shin's Tricycle?

A few years ago my nephew told me about a story that his teacher read in class that made him cry. He was in the third grade and he did his best to relate the story to me. With what I heard from him I knew I had to get a copy of this book.

The story is about 4 year old Shin and his tricycle. He was out riding in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 1945 when the bomb dropped. He was badly burnt and was pinned under a beam of his house. His parents found him gripping the handlebars of his tricycle. After a day of suffering he died. His parents decided to bury him in the yard with his tricycle. Years later his remains were dug up along with the tricycle. The tricycle is now on display in the Hiroshima Peace Museum.

I purchased a copy of this book and every year when I cover WWII and the dropping of the Atomic bomb, I read this story to the class. Everytime I read it there are studentrs sitting there with tears in their eyes.

Shin's Tricycle was written by Tatshuharu Kodama and Noriyuki Ando

[Anonymous]

While hunting for potential curriculum, I ran across a National Geographic site which has an extremely detailed interactive program on the attack on Pearl Harbor. What I believe my students will find interesting about the site is that they in control about what they view next.
The program begins with a map of Pearl and a brief description on what is soon to happen. Then they click on the next link which gives them the options to hear from some survivors describe what they were doing that morning. The program continues up to the attack and a map appears which has links to all of the major targets. When the students click on a link they then have the choice to listen to various surivors tell their account of what happened to those targets. I found it very interesting and I am sure my students will enjoy deciding for themselves what they want to see and hear. I ran the program for twenty minutes and did not finish it. Therefore, it would most likely take an entire class period to finish it. This is a nice way to avoid a lecture, and I am sure my students would enjoy a break from the norm.

The Name of the site is National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor.

[Anonymous]

Yahoo provides a number of educatonal services. Under Yahoo Services click on Education. Then click on K-12 schools then click on reference. On the reference page click on World Fact Book. Here you can find information on every country in the world. I was looking to see what they had on Asian countries and they had some good information. Yahoo provides geographical information, current population numbers, government information, economics, communication, transportation, military, current news, a photogallery, and weather reports. I found this to be a good site for current information; however, there is no historical information or traditional cultural information. It is a good site to direct student to to gather current information on Asian countries rather than historical information.

[Anonymous]

Thank you reminding me about a possible field trip to a major historical site right in my backyard! I had students go to Angel Island last year and interview a Park Ranger for a documentary project. Maybe this year I can take a larger group there.

The following link provides information about school tours to Angel Island.

http://www.angelisland.org/tours.htm

I am not sure that my school will pay for a field trip this year, but I can make a Saturday trip an optional extra credit assignment...has anyone ever done an extra credit weekend field trip? How do you deal with that?

[Anonymous]

There is a excerpt in Prentice Hall for 6th Grade English about Angel Island, it is an expository article called, "Chinese Immigrants Remember Angel Island." It is very informative and I have used it many times already ... Also you should check out exhibit in the Japanese American National Museum in LA for more on this...

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