Message from gcamacho

[Anonymous]

I've been writing side notes throughout these chapters in the book for uses in my 7th grade HSS/ELA cross curricular activities:

• The section with the comment about Beijing- everyone want to live there. (multiple instances of countryside v. city)(Chapter 1) Students could view population textual documents in multiple areas and cost of living and analyze. DBQ
• Frances at SFO and her viewing the fountain and thinking that Beijing could use the water and comparison to the water droughts. (Chapter 2)
• Her interaction with the immigration/customs agent and the photo id versus what she looked like. Cultural differences. Also what happens with social media (Chapter 2)
• The social norms and how those can be different in families and cultures, countries etc. I had an incident where I had visited a family and they brought up very taboo topics, I felt uncomfortable and they thought I was being rude for not talking about the topics. These could be topics where we can use it to not only write but research cultural norms in China (Chapter 2)
• The story of how he met his wife, use it as a plot warm up (Chapter 3)
• The Changchun Railway section in Chapter 3 could be used as a research project and its importance in the region.
• Pages 34-36 were heavy with characterization and pages 36-38 were heavy with instances of point of view. I'd love to use to switch it up.
• At the beginning of the year, our class creates class norms which I could use page 43's Modern Pedagogy of class as a way to introduce it. Exposure is key.