thoughts about session 10 on 7/31 w/Dr. Dube

[Anonymous]

Scroll down and you'll see it: http://www.readchinese.net/chabuduoxiansheng

I think I'll have my students read this too.

[Anonymous]

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lu-xun/1921/12/ah-q/index.htm

[Anonymous]

The Diary of Miss Sophie and Ba Jin's Family seem to be interesting reads. Due to time constraints I wouldn't be able to read them in their entirety, but I could take passages to read based on recurring motifs that we would encounter in later readings. The pictures of the American products in Chinese are interesting. I also find the numerology fascinating.

[Anonymous]

One thing that I like to do in my classes when teaching analysis is have students look at political cartoons and propaganda. Today Dube gave me an idea that involves incorporating Chinese political cartoons into my current unit. This is perfect when trying to get students to compare and contrast what's going on in America and what's going on in China at a specific time (like World War I). My students usually know quit a bit about history and enjoy talking about it. This could be a great way to both expose them to East Asia and give them more information about East Asia.

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of talking about war names from different perspectives. It would be a great discussion for any war. I am always talking to my students about historical perspective. I also like the website that Clay showed us today with primary sources pictures. Sometimes students struggle with seeing point of view in maps, pictures and graphs. These are concepts that I continue to work on with my 10th graders.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for finding "Mr. More or Less"! Great primary source!
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[Anonymous]

I always found "The Last Emperor" as a fascinating tale of China's journey from an empire to a communist country. However, I was unaware that the movie was not 100% historically accurate (although typically movie are not all that historically accurate). I found an interesting article from the New York Times in 1988 questioning the films accuracy. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/emperor-ar2.html
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[Anonymous]

Good graphic to display of the pagoda and how China is governed from the General Sec all the way down. Its something that students can understand using this visual.

[Anonymous]

I want to read about The lLast emperor, and see the movie City Of Life. I really,liked the visuals available from the websites mentioned. The discussion reminded me of another great book for advance students, Man's Fate, by Andre Malreaux, a novel, dealing with the KMT, communists, and existentialism.

[Anonymous]

I like all the website, books, and film ideas from this afternoon. I will definitely use these. The war to resist Japan and the Pacific War as other names for WWII is interesting; I always like to show students how a change in point of view can change all kinds of things including names.

[Anonymous]

The War to resist the Americans and the War to resist the Japanese... interesting..And it shows where their priorities were. I thought the kidnapping of high ranking officials changing the course of a nation is pretty incredible.Q Especially because the kidnapper didn't even get what he really wanted ... no real anti-Japanese focus and no return of his father's territory to him -- just life imprisonment and messing with the fate of a nation.
The Ah- Q and Mr Whatever stories might be good to examine with the students for lesson/morals taught and what they were trying to teach the nation --- MAybe it would be interesting to compare the characters' attitudes to those we see today and judge the impact of such attitudes on ourselves and society. I'll have to read the stories to see how they apply.

[Anonymous]

Today’s lecture on Communism really assisted me in making correlations to the movie “To Live.” The history, structure, and explanation of positions helped me identify why the family had such loyalty to the cadre leader. I wondered why the family gave up their metal freely. All Chinese believed they were contributing to the structure of Communism by contributing to the war. Once again the psychological aspect is apparent. My interpretation has two ideas the Chinese believed they were bettering their country, or they were being brainwashed. It was a well functioning organization that has lasted to present time.

[Anonymous]

Sun Yat-Sen’s description of China as a ripe melon being sliced up and the Chinese people as grains of sand that don’t stick together is beautiful imagery that can be literally demonstrated for students . A wonderful book based on the life of a British missionary in China, Gladys Aylward, before and during the war with Japan is The Small Woman by Alan Burgess. Gladys ran an orphanage and worked as a “foot inspector” for the progressive local warlord. The descriptions of China are very vivid.

[Anonymous]

It is very interesting that nations spin history to make their respective nations look good and do not take responsibility for certain actions such as Nanjing or the Armenian genocide. I hope that in the future nations will convey history accurately and perhaps it will bring some healing that at least actions are acknowledged. It was also interesting to know that reformers who worked alongside with the communists but ended up leaving to places like Taiwan.

[Anonymous]

Enjoyed the description of the Chinese being like grains of sand. This fits in perfectly in my figurative language I use in my ELA. The number superstitions, I think will make it even more interesting for students to research and share.

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