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Maria CardenasI like how you are bringing the topic of equality to the present time. Students can also compare and contrast the ratio of women in politics in the United States and Japan. Students can use the article that talked about women in politics in Japan from this course and they can use the article "Women and Leadership 2018" by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Ruth Igielnik and Kim Parker to compare the numbers with United States.
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/09/20/women-and-leadership-2018/
Maria CardenasYes, most of the people that are the main focused on the cards have people who are smiling. All of the cards give the idea that there isn't anything that could go wrong in Mao China. This cards were probably used as propagranda to encourage people to support the cause. In most of the cards regardless of who is the main focus (if there is more than one person) there is like companionship between the people.
Maria CardenasYes, I was also surprised when I watched the video and Professor Dube confirmed it in our zoom session that the number of Communist members isn't that high. I agree that it isn't the same story that we hear, read, or learn about when we are learning about Communism in U.S. History classes. In the US they make it seem as if anybody would be able to join and we learned that, that isn't true.
The article: Membership in the Communist Party of China: Who is being admitted and How? by R.W. Morrow. Gives details as to how difificult it is to join the Communist party and who is being admitted. Pretty interesting.
Maria CardenasThis is my third course I have taken with USC about Asia. Just like the Two Korea's and Crossing Boundaries, I really enjoyed this course. I enjoy hearing what my peers have to say on the different topics and I learn so much from them. I think compared to the other two seminars, in this one people gave me suggestions to my lesson ideas and I was able to read what others were thinking of creating for their curriculum projects. The more courses I take the more I learn about Asia and their history is very rich. Different events can be compared to each other and now I can connect history that I know to what I am learning.
The movie I watched Pandora, I will use in class because it will grab the students attention. We can review the 5 themes of geography with a video. I have done this with my students but we used the orginial movie of the Lorax.
There are different topics and resources that I can use and connect them to the elective class that I teach which is Geography. My curriculum project is about China's Environmental Crisis and the solutions. I can definetely see myself also creating somthing similar about Korea and Japan, when the time comes for me to cover those countries.
I always enjoy all of the resources that we read or watch because I can choose what I want to use in my class. Thank you so much for another great course.
Maria CardenasMao states in the reading that there were two peasant movements during this time period. The first wave was when the people were getting organized and it was underground. The second wave was when people took Revolutionary Action. Everybody wants to be part of the Peasant Association. The article said, "All power to the peasant associations" has become a reality.” The privilege’s power didn’t exist. Peasants are ready to make a revolution because as it is they are already going against those that holds power. On page 130 it says, “At the
slightest provocation they make arrests, crown the arrested with tall paper hats, and parade them through the villages, saying, You dirty landlords, now you know who we are!" So the people are going against the landlords and the people who held all the power are afraid. The peasants are ready for change because they are taking actions to try to make it possible for change to occur.
Maria CardenasIt is very interesting that both Japan and China wanted to grab thoughts and practices from the West but it only worked in one country. Like we stated in our discussion, I belive China wasn't able to adapt because of thier internal issues. The Chinese were not ready for change to happen while the Japanese were more open for that. I think Japna also learned from the events that happen between China and Western countries, the fighting. This lead to Japan becoming powerful and fighting for land in Asia.
Maria CardenasAnalyzing America's colonization period and comparing it to what happened in Asia is a great idea. I am currently taking an American History class-Native Americans (in community college), Tactics that were used against the Chinese, Japnaese, etc were also used on the different Native peoples. Europe comes to the country they are trying to colonize or impose their will with trying to save them and civilize the people. The United States did the same thing to Native Ameircans who were treated very poorly and they also had unfair treaties were signed over the years. The students can also learn history that sometimes isn't taught in the way that it should.
Maria CardenasOne has to wonder if China's One Child Policy plays into their aging population crisis. I mean there has to be a connection there, Chinese women were forced to have abortions, sterealized, in order for the One Child Policy to be followed. In the following article from the guardian, "Can China recover from its disastrous one-child policy?" by LIly Kuo and Xueying Wang in Shenyang, it states how China is now trying to get families to have two children instead of one. Like Guadalupe state the law One Child policy was eliminated in 2015. The Chinese government is trying to incite families to have more than one children. Some women put a lot of effort into giving their all for their one child they cannot imagine having time or energy to give the same to another child. Just like Japan it seems China is also trying to convince women to have more children. Just like how Japan has daycares in China they have been opening more Nurseries but that is not a solid solution to the issues.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/china-population-control-two-child-policy
Maria CardenasI have read about the Forest before and what happens there. This article, "In Japan, suicide rates among men rise as coronavirus impact hits hard," by Julian Ryall, it says that 705 working men killed themselves in the month of September. Men are killing themeselves because some of them are getting laid off or they are in a tight spot economically. Japan needs to overcome helping the Japanese that are struggling because of Covid-19 and those with mental health issues. There is a stigma with seeking help for mental health issues especially for men. This probably has to do with the Societal norms of what is acceptable for men to do.
Maria CardenasI learend about comfort women and the Korean war when I studied abroad in Korea. I have been learning more about the topic since this summer when I took the USC seminar course about Two Koreas. I am not sure if I wasn't paying attention to Professor Jung's presentation or I missed it. But I was surprised to see that not only korean women were categorized as comfort women but you also had Dutch women. In the article it talks about how Dutch women were forced into prostitution and that some of the soldiers were punished but not all.
https://www.awf.or.jp/e1/netherlands.html
This other article, "South Korea: Lawsuits against Japanese government last chance for justice fo 'comfort women'" states how it may be the last time for justice. Japan isn't acknowledging their past actions and the hurt that they brought to these comfort women.
South Korea: Lawsuits against Japanese government last chance for justice for ‘comfort women’
Maria CardenasI agree with Jennifer and Cynthia. I think your idea about showing different images of the weapons used in order for students to come up with thier own conclusions is a good one. Studnets will be the ones deciding based on their interpretations of the images. Students can determine if their response was correct. They would like this because it would be different than having to read about it they will be making predictions based on the images of the weapons.
Maria CardenasYes, I agree studnets will be surprised to see how young the U.S. is compared to other nations. If you show the table from the second video at 4:06, students can see the world manufacturing goods and see how the U.S. and other nations progressed as the years went by. I think they will also be surprised over the fact that Third World Countries: China and India produced the most compared to other nations.
Yes, the U.S. used every means necessary to get where they are.
Maria CardenasYes, you would think Japan would come up with solutions to have more women working. They seem to want the solution of their problems to revolve around wome; their low birth rate and their aging problem. The fact that they need more poeple working for production. Based on what we have learned about Japan it doens't make sense for both parents to be working if they are going ot be taxed. We can assume the men are the ones making more money since they work management posistions compared to the women. This is just so interesting.
Maria CardenasJust like how others have said they could use the cards in their classess, I believe I can too. In my case the cards can be use in order for students to describe a scenario demonstrating one of the five themes of geography. We can begin with a warm up/Do Now, that asks students questions like: What do you notice? (were they are describing what they see in the picture). Then we can analyze a few cards together as a class and explain which theme we can use, location, movement, human-environment interaction, place, or region and describe the scenario to the theme. Next they can partner up and work together, describing what they see and wriign an explanation that includes one of the themes. Finally they can be assigned one card each were they can show their understanding of the themes.
Maria CardenasI chose 5 of Clubs card on the second page. It shows a flower field with yellow flowers. You have a women(in pink) that I believe is the main focus and she is holding a communication device (maybe a hand speaker/loud speaker). I belive she is saying something to the rest of the people in the card. Another person in yellow, I believe may be trying to hear what other may be saying so maybe like a spy. A soldier is talking to a farmer. You have three people running and I think they may have been trying to camouflauge because they seem to have some leaves on their head. I don't think the runners have any weapons so maybe they are running away from danger.'
The image on this card is very interesting because you see women in a role of control because a women is the one that is making the comments or giving the messages. Then you have others that seem to be following what she said. It is not only men that the government wanted involve with the party/government but everybody.
