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Whether lecturing at Beijing
university or in his classroom
at Harvard university, Tu Wei-
Ming personifies the meeting
of East and West. A student of
modern thought and very
much a modern man himself,
his roots run back to
A Confucian
Confucius, the philosopher of
Life In
ancient China. To anyone who
America: Tu
thinks Confucianism quaint or
Wei-Ming (
video 30 irrelevant, Tu Wei-Ming
A World Of 1994 aa 48
min argues that the humanism of
Ideas, the
the old sage can help us sort
Moyers
out some contemporary ethical
collection
problems. in his view, the
series)
ways in which the humanistic
philosophy of the East meshes
with Western technology and
democratic values tells us
much about the future of
China and industrial East
Asia, and about tour survival
on an endangered planet.
Tells the true story of Masuo
Yasui who emigrated from
Japan to the US in the early
1900s and became a respected
figure in his Oregon
community. Powerfully relates
video, 60 the consequences of his
A Family
min with 1989 internment during WWII and aa 16
Gathering
study guide his family's long battle to
reclaim their place as
Americans. Useful for
enriching and humanizing the
study of immigration, Asian
Americans, and civil rights in
American history.
A delightful feature film that
is a classic on cross-cultural
A Great video,103 communication. Viewers
1985 aa 15
Wall min follow a Chinese American
family as they are re-united
with relations in China.
Bilingual story of a family's
support that enables a young
Aekyung's children's Korean girl to cope with and
1988 aa 38
Dream literature overcome her classmates
taunts because of her language
and different customs.
This book of text and rare
photos describe the social,
economic, and political
An conditions under which the
illustrated Chinese in America have lived
teacher
History of 1979 and worked. Teacher's guide aa 3a,b
reference
the Chinese contains pre-and post tests for
In America each section, vocabulary lists,
classroom activities,
discussion questions and
bibliography.
"This report is the work of the
National Commission on Asia
in the Schools, a distinguished
group of American education,
policy, business, media, and
civic leaders brought together
by the Asia Society, a leading
Asia in the American nonporfit,
Schools: nonpartisan
Preparing educationalinstitution
Young teacher dedicated to fostering
2001 aa 46
Americans reference understanding of Asia and
for Today's communications between
Interconnect Americans and Asians. In this
ed World book, the Commission
presents the most thorough
analysis ever conducted of the
status of teaching and learning
about Asia in our schools. The
Panel's most significant
finding: There is a huge gap
between the strategic
importance of Asia-the
largest, most populous, and
fastest-growing area of the
world-and Americna's
disproportionate lack of
knowledge about this vital
region.
This report analyzes the
strengths and weaknesses of
current teaching and learning
about Asian and Asian
American topics in U.S.
primary and secondary
schools. It sets forth actions
needed to improve the quality
and broad accessibility of such
instruction-actions based
firmaly on a concern for
students' exposure to all
regions and cultures."
Cited from Asia in hte
Schools: Preparing Young
Americans for Today's
Interconnected World. pg6-7
This definitive guide to videos
Asian and films about Asian
American teacher Americans describes more
Media resource 1986 than 500 programs for rent or aa 21
Reference guide sale in US. Indexed by title,
Guide subject, producer/director,
category and ethnicity.
A brief history of
immigration, anti-asian
violence, statistical profile of
Asian
1993 Asian Americans, 10 tips on aa 43
Americans
covering and portraying Asian
Americans, Asian names, and
myths about Asian Americans.
Asian
Americans A brief article by a leading
and scholar that examines how
1986 aa 25
American popular American culture
Popular stereotypes Asian Americans.
Culture
Asian teacher 1976 Features an extensive section aa 20
Americans reference of reviews of children's books
in Children's and and young adult fiction about
Books background Asian Americans. Includes
reading articles to help teachers
evaluate books and identify
historical distortions
commonly found in texts.
"The authors offer this
insightful and illuminating
overview of the backgrounds,
struggles, achievements, and
persisting problems-such as
those relating to stereotyping,
caricaturing, and
scapegoating-of those once
Asian widely viewed as a perilous
reference
Americans 1992 threat to the fabric of aa 12
book
In Transition American society and now
seen by many as "model
minorities… Their book is a
most useful primer for what
all Americans ought to know
about these fellow citizens"-
Peter I. Rose, Director,
American Studies Diploma
Program Smith College
"What does it mean to become
American? What is lost and
what is gained in the process?
In interviews with historians,
descendants, and recent
immigrants, this powerful
three-part Bill Moyers series
3 part video
explores these questions
Becoming series 39A,
2003 through the dramatic aa
American program 89 B, C
experience of the Chinese in
min
America. A viewer's guide, an
educator's guide, and other
resources are included and
available online at:
www.pbs.org/becomingameric
an. --Films for Humanities &
Sciences
Between A gripping depiction of the
video aa 51
Two cultural trauma experienced
Worlds: by Laotians refugees in the U.
"Hmong S.
Shaman In
America"
A 12 year old Chinese
American girl begins to
understand and appreciate her
Chinese heritage after she
Child Of
Literature 1977 goes to live her grandmother aa 8
The Owl
in Chinatown. (Boston Globe-
Horn Book Fiction Award,
Notable Children's Book of
the American Library Assoc)
"Chinese American Forum (in
English) was established to
facilitate open communication
between Chinese Americans
and the American public. It
has been dedicated to
non-profit promoting mutual
Chinese
resource quarterly understanding among all
American aa 47
Periodicals cultural Americans since 1985. CAF
Forum
magazine has published articles on many
topics including culture,
philosophy, history, traditions,
and heritage, as well as
Chinese Americans affairs,
accomplishments, and life
experiences."--CAF
In narrative and over 150
historic and contemporary
photos, McCunn presents the
true stories of Chinese
Chinese
American immigrants who
American
fought against overwhelming
Portraits: supplementa
1988 odds and survived and, in aa 2
Personal ry reading
some cases, prospered. An
Histories
expose of violent racism, a
1828-1988
chronicle of the immigrant
epic and picture of the
interrelationships of two
different cultures.
Chinese This is a lively anthology of
Americans 1977 stories and personal accounts aa 27
Realities & about Chinese American
Myths history, communities and
Secondary stereotypes. Learning
Curriculum activities follow each chapter.
Kit The filmstrips are quite
attractive and well organized
around central questions. A
good, comprehensive teaching
unit. Recommended for
American history classes to
balance the euroenctric view
of most textbooks.
Chinese New Year, held in
late January or early February,
is a time for families to rejoice
for the past year of good
health and fortune and prepare
for another good year to come.
Chinese New Year is a good
topic for helping students
makes connections between
Chinese new
Chinese and Chinese
year
kit 1993 American cultures. This kit aa 33
celebration
includes a teacher's guide with
box
classroom activities, an
attractive student book about
how Chinese American
children celebrate the holiday,
a New Year banner, a dragon
finger puppet, miniature paper
lantern, Chinese zodiac,
animal sponges for making
headbands and other items.
The first 14 pages of this
report provide an excellent,
succinct history of Asian
Civil Rights
immigration and US policy
Issues supplementa
changes on immigration.
Facing ry student &
1992 Other chapters deal with aa 30
Asian teacher
bigotry, Asian American
Americans reading
immigrant children in K-12
in the 1990s
schools, access to higher
education and employment
discrimination.
Defining advance A brief article discussing how
aa 23
Asian student's & Asian Americans are
American teacher represented in literature. One
Realities reference of Americans foremost
Through authorities discusses the
Literature portrayal of Asian Americans
in literature.
In the early twentieth century
a young Chinese boy joins his
father in San Francisco and
helps him realize his dream of
making a flyig machine. "A
Dragonwing children's fine, sensitive novel written
2001 aa 9
s literature with grace in a way that
conveys the Chinese
AMerican's cultural
heritage."(Newberry Honor
Book and IRA Children's
Book Award)
executive
Through photographs and the
order 9066:
writing of internees, this book
the supplementa
tells the story of the
internment ry student 1972 aa 17
internment of Japanese
of 110000 reading
Americans from their own
japanese
points of view.
americans
This issue of the teachers'
magazine focus on Asian
Studies is an excellent
Focus on vol III, #1,
resource guide on Asian
Asian Fall 1983, 1983 aa 26
Americans. Particularly
Studies periodical
moving is the article by Nancy
Sato, who grew up in St.
Louis.
Simulates the conflicts
Grocery role play between Koreans and African
1993 aa 54
Store simulation Americans in some urban
communities.
A Korean- American girl's
fear of being embarrassed
because her grandmother, who
Halmoni and children's is traditional in her dress and
1993 aa 49
the Picnic literature manner is going to chaperone
a school picnic forms the basis
of this interesting story about
intergenerational issues in
immigrant families.
The novella and five stories
that make up this collection
reveal the lives of immigrant
families haunted by lost loves;
A ghost seduces a young girl
into a flooded river; a mother
commands a daughter to
Hunger literature 1998 aa 45
avenge her father's death; and
in the title novella, a woman
speaks from beyond the grave
about her tragic marraige to an
exiled musician whose won
disappointments nearly
destroyed their two daughters.
"Based on the author's own
experience, this heartfelt story
follows a woman on her
journey to adopt a baby girl
from China. From paperwork
to plane flight, the narrative
chronicles the baby's trip from
I Love You
a crib in a big room shared
Like Crazy aa 44
with many other babies to her
Cakes
won crib in her own room in
her new home. Delicate
watercolors perfectly
complement this charming
text, a celebration of the love
and joy a baby brings into the
world."
A young Korean girl who has
been adopted by a US family
If It Hadn't
children's shows no interest in her
Been For 1993 aa 50
literature Korean heritage until she gets
Yoon Jun
to know a newly arrived
immigrant, Yoon Jun.
The story of 10-year old
Shirley Temple Wong's
In The Year leaving China and coming to
supplementa
Of The Boar America in 1947 will give
ry student 1984 aa 10
And Jackie students insight into life in
reading
Robinson China and the difficulties of
an immigrant. Shirley learns
all about life in Brooklyn and
she finally meets Jackie
Robinson, "the other
newcomer of 1947," who has
become her hero. Written with
a wonderful sense of humor.
An ALA Notable Children's
Book.
Inside View
: Japanese
American An unpublished specially
Evacuee special produced booklet about the
1979 aa 55
Center At edition WWII internment of Japanese
Rohwer, Americans.
Arkansas
1941-1945
Ironing Out The report was written based
The Fabric on oral testimonies of five
Of Our Past: Chinese Americans, all of
An Oral whom grew up or established
History of reference themselves in St. Louis during
1993 aa 41
five chinese book the first half of this century.
americans in It is imperative that Chinese
st. louis, American today understands
missouri, the the history that has gone
early 1990's before them.
"Like any 11-year-old, Yuki
Sakane is looking forward to
Christmas when her peaceful
world is suddenly shattered by
Journey to
the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Topaz: A
Uprooted from her home and
Story of the
literature 1985 shipped with thousands of aa 13
Japanese-
West Coast Japanese
American
Americans to a desert
Evacuation
concentration camp called
Topaz, Yuki and her family
face new hardships daily." -
Ingram Book Group Retailers
This program examines a
major piece of the New
American Mosaic- a group
Korean video for 50
that is seeking to retain its aa 35
Americans mins
traditional cultural values
while adjusting to life in US.
Korean Americans have come
into frequent and violent
conflict with inner -city
African Americans and have
sought, through their own
ethnic civic organizations, to
overcome the rejection of the
community around them.
This book surveys the history
of Korea, Korean immigration
to the US, and the lives of
Korean Americans today,
supplementa including conflict between
Korean In
ry student 1992 Korean and African- aa 31
America
reading Americans. The final chapter
focuses on Korean American
contributions to American life.
Grives frank treatment to
problematic issues.
This book describes and gives
activities for five matsuri
matsuri (festivals), from their
festival: historical Japanese roots to the
japanese adapted Japanese- American
text book 1990 aa 37
american expression. The festivals
celebration covered are New Years, Doll
& activities Festival (girls' day), Children's
Day, Tanabata (Star Festival),
and Obon, a summer festival.
Missouri, A directory or guide to a very
Kansas Bi- broad range of Chinese
DIRECTOR
State 2003 Americans community aa 53
Y
Chinese services, resources and
Yellow Page individuals.
"The 308-page almanac is the
summary findings of the
White House Initiative on
National
Asian Americans and Pacific
Asian
Islanders, and the barriers
Pacific
reference faced by Asian Pacific
American 2001-2002 aa 11
book American women in American
Political
politics. It also contains
Almanac
recently released 2000 U.S.
2001-2002
Census figures on Asians and
Pacific Islanders at the state
and national levels. The 10th
edition of the almanac features
path-breaking studies by
several of the leading scholars
and community activists in the
field of Asian Pacific
American politics including
the summary findings of the
pilot study of the National
Asian American Political
Survey. "--UCLA
(http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aa
sc/:)
Obon, a summer festival, is
one of the celebrations most
commonly observed by
Japanese Americans. The
cassette, book tells the story of a
poster, Japanese girl who experiences
Obon literature, 1994 Obon for the first time. The aa 36
teacher's teacher's guide provide
guide background information on
Obon in Japan and US, and a
list of class activities. The
cassette tape contains an
interactive language lesson.
"Slaying the Dragon is a
comprehensive look at media
stereotypes of Asian and
Asian American women since
the silent era. From the racist
use of white actors to portray
Asians in early Hollywood
films, through the success of
Anna May Wong. Sinister
Slaying the dragon lady, to Suzie Wong
1988 aa 40
Dragon and the geisha girls, to the
Asian-American
anchorwoman of today, this
fascinating videotape shows
how stereotypes of exoticism
and docility have affected the
perception of Asian-American
women. Produced by Asian
Women United, this
invaluable resource has been
widely used by universities
and libraries."-Women Make
Movies. Asian Pacific Arts
Association, Jimmie Award
American Film and Video
Festival, Finalist Hawaii Film
Festival
It has been produced as both a
lesson in the area's history and
St. Louis a user-friendly guide to the
Multicultura guide 1995 attractions and special events aa 42
l Guide that make St. Louis "a spicy
multicultural melting pot" for
visitors.
This popular history of Asian
Americans--Chinese,
Japanese, Koreans,
Vietnamese, Filipinos, and
Indians--based frequently on
primary sources, shows how
Strangers they have made their presence
From A felt in America from the early
reference
Different 1800s. Their immigration has
book &
Shore: A 1987 been marked by the cruelty of aa 7
Background
History of forced labor, poverty, and
Reading
Asian intense prejudice. Many had
Americans come searching for a better
life after hearing tales of gold
nuggets on city streets, money
on trees, and the famed "gold
mountain." Instead, they found
the endless chopping... From
Library Journal
A collection of teacher
resource material on Asian-
Americans, especially
Teacher Chinese, Japanese and
Resource Teacher Southeast Asian-American.
Material: Resource Includes background readings, aa 1
Asia guide children's literature
Americans contemporary viewpoints,
culture, local community
information, ethnic groups and
geography. Also includes lists
of recommended audio,
catalogues, resource lists and
resource organization,
teacher's guides, and teacher
newsletters.
" To understand the
experience of Chinese
immigrants to the United
States in the mid-19th century,
it is necessary to look at the
intellectual, economic, and
political climate of times.
Many of the issues that were
important then are still part of
the current discussion
concerning political and
economic effects of
immigration and whether
The Chinese Curriculum
peoples who do not come
Experience Unit,
from European stock are true
in 19th TEACHER 2000 aa 52
American, Lesson 1 focuses
Century REFERENC
on the ideas held by a majority
America E
of American in the 19th
century that underlay the
actions taken. Lesson 2
follows the process by which
the Chinese were margianlized
and then excluded from the
mainstream of American life.
Lesson 3 offers a Chinese
perspecitve on th esituation in
which they found themselves
in 19th century America."--
The Chinese Experience in
19th Century America
An illustrated history and
catalog of the exhibition by
the same name that toured the
reference or country. Photos and artifacts
The Chinese
supplementa present the development of
of America 1980 aa 18
ry student Chinese American society and
1785-1980
reading the role they have played in
American society. Emphasizes
the idea that "all peoples'
skills and talents can be most
effectively used for the good
of the whole society only
when all of the society's basic
democratic principle are
applied."
This book discusses Japanese
American history,
concentrating on events, ideas
and people as they relate to
The
this specific ethnic group. In
Experience
so doing, a fresh perspective
of Japanese
on U. S. and world history
Americans
teacher may emerge to challenge us to
in The
Resource fuller discussion and aa 4
United
guide understanding. As the sections
States: A
on contemporary issues will
Teacher
indicate, there are
Resource
considerable problems, which
Manual
remain. This book attempts to
shed some light on the issues
that remain and that are to
come.
The Hawaii
Herald
Hawaii's
periodical 1987-1989 aa 28
Japanese
American
Journal
"The JACL Education
Committee has undertaken a
number of efforts to address
internment experience,
including working with
The
publishers and supporting
Japanese
legislation on developing a
American curriculum
multi-cultural curriculum.
Experience: and resource aa 57
This resource guide is
A Lesson In guide
developed to assist JACL
American
chapters in offering educators
History
information and suggested
lesson plans regarding the
Japanese American
internment. "--Preface of the
book
The 1990 This is a quarterly publication aa 22
Japanese of the Japanese American
American library. It contains summaries
Library of news articles affecting
Bulletin Japanese Americans. The data
and the date and three-letter
newspaper reference code
follows each news item. The
complete article can be found
in the newspaper cited from
your library or at the Japanese
American library.
A beautifully written, best-
selling novel about four
Chinese women and their
supplementa
The Joy daughters that explores
ry Student 1989 aa 5
Luck Club mother-daughter relationships
Reading
and the experience of first and
second generation Chinese
Americans.
"The Joy Luck Club tells the
uplifting story of four
remarkable friends whose
extraordinary lives are filled
with joy and heartbreak. Their
lifelong friendship reveals a
mosaic of the startling events
and conditins that have shaped
The Joy Video,139 their lives-and how these
aa 5b
Luck Club minutes experiences have affected the
hopes and dreams they hold
for each of their children.
Hailed as one of the must-see
films of the year, this
exceptional motion picture is
sure to entertain and insprie
you from beginning to end!"--
Amazon editorial reviews
Part of the series of The
Peoples of North America,
this volume presents a brief
supplementa
The Korean history of Korean and covers
ry student 1988 aa 32
American historical and contemporary
reading
Korean immigration to the
US. Includes chapters on the
home life of Korean American
and a frank discussion of the
American support of the South
Korean dictatorship. Well
illustrated with mostly black
and white photos.
The
Portrayal of advance A brief article by a leading
Chinese in student's & scholar surveying how
1987 aa 24
Anglo- teacher Chinese Americans are
American reference represented in literature.
Literature
"Grade 3-7-- Twenty Chinese
folktales, selected and retold
by Yep from those collected in
the 1930s in the Oakland
Chinatown as part of a WPA
project. His introduction helps
children to see the Chinese
workers, gathered in a shack
The
after their day of "hot,
Rainbow literature 1989 aa 6
grueling work," telling stories
People
to pass the time before sleep
comes. Each section is
prefaced by a short
explanation of how the tales
might relate to the Chinese-
American experience. "--
Amazon (Boston Globe-Horn
Book Honor Award)
Based on extensive personal
interviews, this book
documents the post- Vietnam
teacher
The War and continuing
background
Vietnamese immigration of nearly one
& advanced 1992 aa 29
Experience million Vietnamese to US.
student
In America Explains how Vietnamese
reading
Americans have preserved the
integrity of hteir own culture
while adapting to life in US.
Bright Asian-American
"Those
students are the marvel of U.S.
Asian-
periodical, classrooms. Just 2% of the
American 1987 aa 19
8/31/1987 population, they will be 14%
Whiz Kids,"
of the New Harvard freshman,
Time
25% of Berkley's. But the sky
high marks and superlatives
are exacting a price: stress, a
dropout problems among the
poorer and less gifted, even
the specter of anti-Asian
quotes at the best universities.
Still, this is the most
impressive generation of
immigrants' children in
decades.
A group of 8-to-12 year old
Asian American children are
invited by a Chinese
American teacher to discuss
experiences that have hurt
them or their families and find
they have much in common.
An appealing approach to help
Unlearning
students "unlearn" common
Asian filmstrips &
1982 myths and stereotypes about aa 14
American cassettes
Asian Americans while they
Stereotypes
learn a great deal about Asian
Americans while they learn a
great deal about Asian
American history. Comes with
a valuable 40-page booklet
"The Portrayal of Asian
Americans in Children's
Books."
Contents:
§ Anti- Asian Violence: It
Walk With
Could Happen to You
Pride:
handbook § Truth vs Myth: the bare
Taking
and facts about Asian Pacific
Steps To 1991 aa 56
reference Americans
Address
work § What you can do to address
Anti- Asian
anti-Asian violence and
Violence
defamation
§ Directory of resources