Yellow Peril

[Anonymous]

This is similar to what I do in World History. I put about 10 different pictures around the classroom and questions that I want them to answer about each picture on the board. Students gallery walk answering these question. This activity is extremely beneficial because it focuses students on creating a mental picture of what was happening during a specific time at a specific place. I will use some of the pictures in this website in future lessons.

[Anonymous]

I think this lesson is a great way of teaching students to be more tolerant of others. I can't wait to implement it in my classroom!

[Anonymous]

This would go perfect with my intolerance unit. We research the holocaust and then have students find other examples from history where intolerance occurred. Students love interpreting pictures as well. Nice find!

[Anonymous]

Each year, as a part of my visual rhetoric unit, I show students examples of American propaganda during WWII. Some of the images that get the biggest response of outrage are Dr. Seuss's anti-Japanese propaganda. This website has a nice collection of these resources. http://www.tofugu.com/2013/02/20/dr-seuss/

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Students analyze and have group discussions about the cartoon drawings depicting “Yellow Peril” found in http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/07/08/old-yellow-peril-anti-chinese-posters/. What is the message behind each cartoon? http://www.resist.com/CARTOON%20GALLERY/CartoonIndex.htm (Teacher need to choose cartoons with caution. Some are quite graphic and repulsive). How are other races portrayed?Have an open and honest discussion about stereotyping others. Teacher shows a picture of a man covered with tattoos and piercings, a picture of a girl with glasses and braces, and picture of a boy in baggy pants and a cap. What are your first impressions? How are these different from stereotyping races? How does our country perpetuate stereotypes and connect judgements about certain appearances? In the end, I'd like students to understand that people's perceptions and beliefs dictate their actions, affecting and shaping societal norms and culture. You can also use this website when teaching about eugenics and the Holocaust for the upper grades. [/ol]

[Anonymous]

I believe that if the links to the comic pages are going to be used in class, the teacher should have a discussion on Tom Metzger and the white power messages and movements that he has always supported. The teacher should also say that Metzger's messages should not be considered credible. He is simply an opinionated and vocal racist.

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