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- The Chinese-Americans ( ) History, Cultural Trends, and
Approaches By Phil Rehberger EDU 9510 Friday, July 24, 2015
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- Demographics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_American
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- Religious Demographics
https://http://iwr.cass.cn/zjwh/201403/W020140303370398758556.pdf
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- Demographics
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Historical population of Chinese Americans YearPop.% 18504,018
186034,933+769.4% 187063,199+80.9% 1880105,465+66.9%
1890107,488+1.9% 190089,86316.4% 191071,53120.4% 192061,63913.8%
193074,954+21.6% 194077,504+3.4% 1950117,629+51.8%
1960237,292+101.7% 1970435,062+83.3% 1980806,040+85.3%
19901,645,472+104.1% 20002,432,585+47.8% 20103,347,229+37.6%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_American
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- Early History
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- Chinese Exclusion Act
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- Opium and War www.china-mike.com
http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/boxer-rebellion/
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- World War 2 http://future-economics.net/tag/chinese-politics/
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/ww2-5.gif VIDEO: The Rape of
Nanking
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- The Rise of the Communist Party
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https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/CHINA.CHAP1.HTM
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- Modern China
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- Third-Wave Immigration www.china-mike.com
http://time.com/3949424/chinese-immigrants-u-s/
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- Chinese cultural views of education: One-child policy = all the
hopes of the family rest on the child. Respect for elders = focus
on what the teacher says and does. Educational model = European
model, with high-implication tests early on in the students career.
Great Firewall = Tilted view of other countries and people.
Education = Access to economic strength. Rote Training = Focus on
clarity of teaching, not creativity.
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- Translated to Lane, the dominant Chinese culture is likely to
be High context, doing in nature. Highly formal and hierarchical,
with a high uncertainty avoidance and a large power distance.
Collective in political and social thought, but possibly
independent in economic thinking. The worldview may vary, but
mostly modern. Face is an important aspect of the Chinese
culture.
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- Chinese-American students may also Have some level of
assimilation with American culture. Hold strong views on the
Chinese government and its policies, but avoid sharing those views.
Want to avoid conflict and losing face. Have pride in their Chinese
heritage and culture. Be academically oriented, but be poor at
stress management. Have parents who are very focused on their
childrens success, but who may be sporadic or absent parents.
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- Books to teach Chinese-American culture: Fritz, J., &
Tomes, M. (1999). Homesick, my own story. New York: Penguin Putnam
Books for Young Readers. Homesick is the rare book that works
equally well at a lower-reading level and a higher-reading level.
Although a work of fiction, the book is based on the author, Jean
Fritzs, real-life experience growing up as an American in China.
She lives in China at a time when foreigners are hated and reviled
as white devils, and the razor-sharp descriptions of her
difficulties create an acute awareness of how xenophobia creates
harm. As the book progresses, she moves to America, but experiences
difficulty in leaving her adopted culture behind, a common
phenomenon among first-generation Asian-Americans. Students of all
ages will admire and root for Jean, and gain valuable insight into
trials that moving to a foreign country may bring. This book was
the Newbery Honor Book in 1982.
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- Books to teach Chinese-American culture: Lord, B., &
Simont, M. (1984). In the year of the boar and Jackie Robinson. New
York, N.Y.: Harper & Row. A ten-year old girl discovers that
she has to move from China to America to be with her family. In
doing so, she discovers all of the emotions and changes that go on
when a person leaves their premodern clan in China (this takes
place in 1947) and travels to the US, to try and fit in with modern
US kids. This book also is a historical novel, leveraging the rise
to baseball fame of the African-American Jackie Robinson. The
writing is humorous and generally optimistic, but also teaches
children about the thinking and fears of a person who makes a
cultural shift. Although it is a bit young for the students, it
could be a very pointed discussion starter about the
responsibilities of a dominant culture towards newcomers.
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- Books to teach Chinese-American culture: Yep, L. (1995).
Dragon's gate. New York: HarperTrophy. Rounding out the trilogy of
adventure/historical/cultural novels is this adventurous gem by
Laurence Yep. Based in 1865-9, this tells the story of a noble
Chinese boy, Otter, who longs to go to America to become rich, so
he can return and free China from all its troubles. When he gets
involved in an accident, he is forced to flee China to be with his
father and uncle in America, where they are building the
transcontinental railroad. Otter quickly becomes disillusioned by
the poor treatment and lack of honor accorded to his relatives, and
the hatred accorded to immigrants. Rich with historical detail, the
plot also carries along to a surprise ending. This was a Newbery
Honor book in 1994.
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- Select Bibliography Chang, I. (2004). The Chinese in America: A
narrative history. New York: Penguin. Deng, B. (2014, July 5).
Untitled [E-mail interview]. French, H. (n.d.). China's second
continent: How a million migrants are building a new empire in
Africa. Lane, P. (2002). A beginner's guide to crossing cultures:
Making friends in a multicultural world. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity Press. McGregor, R. (2012). The Party: The secret
world of China's communist rulers. New York: Harper Perennial.