Monday - Poems: "The Real Thing" and "Dear John Wayne"
Tuesday - The Journey, pages 3-6
Wednesday - The Journey, pages 7-9
Thursday - Review for Test
Friday - Test on Native American and Immigration Unit
22.3.10
21.3.10
16.3.10
Global Citizenship Test Review
Global Citizenship Unit Review
“The experience of Chinese immigrants in the West became a struggle to advance economically in the face of racism and discrimination.”
Globalization: The ongoing process of world economies and cultures becoming integrated.
How does this quote relate to the The White Umbrella and When Father Came Home for Lunch?
The White Umbrella
“‘Things,’ she would say. ‘What’s the matter with a raincoat? All you want is things, just like an American.’”
Discreet: Careful or guarded in one’s speech or actions.
Materialism: Belief that material possessions and comforts are more important that spiritual or ethical values.
Who is being discreet in this story and what is she being discreet about?
Who is materialistic in this story?
When Father Came Home for Lunch
“Half-an-hour of noisy manners
and he’s gone, back to work”
Shoyu: A Type of Japanese soy sauce.
How would this father feel if his daughter was obsessed with owning a white umbrella?
China economy sees strong growth
“China is expected to become the world’s biggest economy in 2030.”
GDP – Gross Domestic Product: The measure of a country’s total economic output.
Who has the world’s biggest economy today?
Who will China surpass this year to become the world’s 2nd biggest economy?
Slavery in the 21st Century
“Nobody is free until everybody is free.”
Trafficking: The transport or trade of humans, usually women or children, for economic gain involving force or deception.
Domestic: Something that pertains to a home or family.
Restavek: Haitian children who work as domestic slaves.
About how many slaves exist in the world today?
What members of society are most likely to become slaves?
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
“I suppose I looked like a man who had escaped a den of wild beasts, and barely escaped them.”
“It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.”
Feeble: Weak or powerless
Objectify: To degrade someone to the status of an object.
Ethnocentrism: The belief that one’s culture is better than others.
How did slave owners justify slavery in their own minds?
What is the symbolism of the root in the story?
Haitians Hoping For A Way Out Look to US Embassy
“Child abandonment by destitute mothers is not uncommon in Haiti”
“He hopes with just names and addresses of in-laws in New Jersey that they’ll let his family of 14 immigrate to the States.”
Visa: An endorsement on a passport to stay in a country for some amount of time.
Destitute: Without the basic necessities for life.
What would be your judgment of the Americans who seized 33 Haitian children after the quake?
we shook the bridge
“I was not a citizen. I couldn’t vote, but Uncle Sam could put an M16 in my hands and send me to Vietnam.”
“The infrastructure was so rotten and corrupt, eventually the companies couldn’t even do their exploitation properly.”
Infrastructure: The basic physical and organizational structures of a society. For example: roads, bridges, buildings.
Junta: A military group that rules a country after taking it by force.
Undocumented Immigrants in Northeast
How does undocumented immigration affect us all the way in the Northeast?
15.3.10
Week: March 15th - 19th
Monday - Complete Worksheets on Writing Focus
Tuesday - Introduction to Native American and Immigration Unit
Wednesday - Only Approved Indians Can Play: Made in USA
Thursday - Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike, pages 111-113
Friday - Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike, pages 114-116
Tuesday - Introduction to Native American and Immigration Unit
Wednesday - Only Approved Indians Can Play: Made in USA
Thursday - Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike, pages 111-113
Friday - Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike, pages 114-116
12.3.10
Global Citizenship Writing Project
Name:__________________
Globalization is the ongoing process of world cultures and economies becoming integrated. In all of the stories from this unit, we have met characters living in a foreign country, America.
There are two parts to this writing project: (1) you must choose one character to analyze as a global citizen; (2) then, you must compare yourself to this character and their situation with some creative writing.
The White Umbrella - China
Narrator, Mother, Mona
When Father Came Home for Lunch - Japan
Father, Mother, Child Observer
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - Africa
Frederick Douglass
we shook the bridge - Haiti
Ray LaForest (Narrator)
1) Choose one character to analyze their global citizenship.
- Explain why they came to America.
- Explain the cultural challenges they face by living in a foreign country (rules, beliefs, and values that they must adapt to).
- Explain their lifestyle as foreign people in America.
- Research one aspect of their country’s culture that is different from American culture.
2) Imagine that you are in the same position as the character you chose. Write a creative piece where you explore your experience as a foreigner in their country under the same conditions.
Writing Project is due this Monday, March 15th.
(Hand in hardcopy or share with me on googledocs at zellerenglish@gmail.com)
*Extra credit for showing me a draft by Friday.
Global Citizenship Writing Project
Due Date: Monday, March 15th
There are two parts to this writing project: (1) you must choose one character to analyze as a global citizen; (2) then, you must compare yourself to this character and their situation with some creative writing.
The White Umbrella - China
Narrator, Mother, Mona
When Father Came Home for Lunch - Japan
Father, Mother, Child Observer
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - Africa
Frederick Douglass
we shook the bridge - Haiti
Ray LaForest (Narrator)
1) Choose one character to analyze their global citizenship.
- Explain why they came to America.
- Explain the cultural challenges they face by living in a foreign country (rules, beliefs, and values that they must adapt to).
- Explain their lifestyle as foreign people in America.
- Research one aspect of their country’s culture that is different from American culture.
2) Imagine that you are in the same position as the character you chose. Write a creative piece where you explore your experience as a foreigner in their country under the same conditions.
Writing Project is due this Monday, March 15th.
(Hand in hardcopy or share with me on googledocs at zellerenglish@gmail.com)
*Extra credit for showing me a draft by Friday.
1.3.10
Difference Between Earthquake in Haiti and Chile
Why did so many more people die in Haiti than in Chile?
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