[Alejandra Jimenez]

I 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 Jimenez]

Overcoming Adversity

Completing this Rise of East Asia seminar has been enlightening due to the complexity of the vast history for all East Asia countries. Regardless to the size of the country or population my take away for this seminar was the perseverance of hard work from low socio economic class that ties in with the American dream that through hard work one is able to achieve education goals as well as economic. I believe that if students are introduced to Korean history would better understand that this country eve thought it is a small country. All economic, political, social, and geographic adversities this country has experienced throughout the years. Korea has flourished to one of the most competitive economies in the world. 

Korea is one of East Asia that I find more similarities to its historical context and the United States due to racial segregation during the Japanese colonization period. Feminism during the 1920s, the west introduced a different role for women, women rights, and minority employment. Over all Korean culture has overcome challenging and limited times in history that through civilian organization have been able to succeed in education, literacy like journals such as The New Woman and Women’s World, technology industries in modern era, film, and agriculture industries like agrarian cooperatives.

 

 

Korea over all has achieved the “good life” where most of the population is able to live a comfortable life regardless to the constant internal struggle of modern world and traditional culture customs.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I attended the Korean Seminar. I was an amazing experience, it is held at the Korean cultural center on miracle mile. I got a lot of ideas for elementary level students. You learn about the culture, history, food, Korean history in America. We took two short field trips and it is a salary point. So far I thought a lesson on how to play drums in the classroom. No drums needed just hands and desks. My students loved it. You get tons of reading resources, especially kids pictures books. All of the guest speakers have amazing sense of humor that makes the lectures go by super fast. I do recomment this Korea Studies Seminar.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

This was the second time I have heard about this "comfort women" as we already know most political leaders have know about this type of problems for many years across different cultures and troughout war crisis. At least this kind conversations need to happen in order for historians to include this topic in history books. It seems that this topic may get only a couple of sentences the most in most history books. I was glad that Korean and Japanese professors are taking about it. I had never heard about this "confort women" for whatever circumstances might be for the woment, the point is that it happened and we should talk about it in the classrooms.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

For one thing I am glad we professor Dube pose those three questions because that means we can continue to revise data from previous historians as future generations will pose more intriguing questions as we continue to challenge students with more critial thinking skills and probe for further information. This means that in education is in the right path when it comes to new data, new questions, new people.

I am sure scholars and researchers will continue with investigations and reasearch about history meaning revised school books.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

As I contunue to learn about China and read about how Chinese people value their history and try to reference back during major political and social events continue to change this nation. As I read the Generalissimo jiang on National Identity as it says, "...Chinese intellectuals and political leaders thought that ideas of national identity and destiny then reshaping European politics could help China." Dr. Sun Yatsen organized revolutionaries to a nationa-determination one of his "Three People Principals: as a central part of the ideology in order to defeat Japan. "China could not be strong until it rid itself of imperialist encroachments and was reconstructed as a nation of the Chinese people." These three principles were as follows:

1. War of resistance

2. National Independence and Equality Among Peoples in order to regain sovereing from rural provinces and different cultural groups.

3. Mao Tse-Tung: The importance of the peasant problem

After Dr. Sun made his speech calling on the people of China to unite in order to fight and defeat Japan from controlling China, The Communist Party led by Mao Zedong as a effective revolutionary organization.

After reading the articles I have concluded that China's political struggles still needs to reform part of their political ideals in order to provide provinces to participate in political decisions. I still think that Chinese history is extremely complicated. 

[Alejandra Jimenez]

The book Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States by Lon Kurashige will be very useful in my four grade class bacuse fourth grade social studies is based on California History. A lot East Asian played an important role in the agriculture, economic development of california. I would probably supplement students' social studies with additional information from this chapter 3. Gentlemen’s agreement 1908. Ca Alien Land Law 1913. San Francisco segregation in public schools conflicts with world laws. No family reunification want to exclude don’t buy homes cannot own land in California. Students will be able to learn more in depth information about the history and changes that our state is experiencing at this time in politics.

Students will be able to have more meaningful discussion about immigration in California.I think it would be interesting for students to compare and contrast about the continuing changes in immigration in the United States and take a claim about how has California has changed due to immigration.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

The most useful resource from the reading would be Korea 21st Century article for my grade level is 4th grade. I will use this information to compare and contrast United States and South Korea. Another activity would be on geography compare contrast geography. Another activuty would by to use part of session 4 dairy entries as part of examples of primary sources, pictures. Kaptain Lee reading, I will use the theme of perserverance and change due to Dr. Lee's percerverance to be able to surveve throughout major political changes during his lifetime in Korea.

I think my students will be able to buid connections due to some of my students are from Korean background. My school is also located in Korea town so students are expose to Korean culture such as writing, food, pop-culture, music, and Korean community services.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Lost Names, it's an would be useful in my classroom due to the writing format. It would also go along with Step Two program about empathy and compassion. It  is a great example of narrative writing that students would find more meaningful based on the the Korean history. I really think students will be able to relate to the story about names. Students can probably have a personal connection with Lost Names. The role of power and self-reflection would be an important skills that students would be able to explore and try to make connections between Lost Names and other short stories read in class.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I can finally understand another culture from staying away Christianity as we already have learned from other cultures and the negative impact Christianity has influence the culture, customs, and believes in order to keep political power over a group of people as we have learned in California history enslaved Native Americans. I could definitely use this type of information to compare and contrast cultures and beliefs system American Indians and Japanese point of view about strong beliefs system and the impact this has in culture.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I agree with you Josephine. I found the Korean Olympian extremely brave for ratification about his country, especially for the upcoming Olympics in LA. I think this is an excellent fact that all students should know that sometimes it may take too long to do the right thing. It is never too late to get things accomplished especially when it involves a whole community.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

As a fourth grade teacher I am planning a unit about Global Warming. I started showing google earth images based on global population and the impact we have on global warming. I would like to find out more information about the Yellow River and the sediment pollution in the Atlantic Ocean. My unanswered question is is this problems a contributing to the Pacific Ocean Patch.

 

 

 

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Hello,

 

My name is Alejandra. I teach at Alexandria Elementary Avenue School near Korea town. I teach 4th grade. Our Blangladesh population in our school is growing. I just transferred to Alexandria Elementary, I was at 10th Street Elementary for the past three years. Over this summer I took a Korean Studies seminar and I would like to implement Asian art and music into the curriculum. I am also planning to visit China next summer.

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