AmericanBornChinese

=**//AMERICAN BORN CHINESE//**=

UNIT TEST -- WED 9/28 **-- UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDE**

 * [[file:ABC Unit Test Study Guide.doc]] -- ABC UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDE**
 * [[file:ABC Unit Test Study Activity.doc]] -- TEST STUDY ACTIVITY (STARTED IN CLASS ON FRI 9/23)**
 * [[file:ABC Unit Binder Table of Contents Template & Assessment.doc]] -- UNIT BINDER TABLE OF CONTENTS AND ASSESSMENT**

**REFLECTIONS ON SKYPE WITH GENE YANG** include component="comments" page="AmericanBornChinese" limit="100"
 * [[file:Skype Emcee Script.doc]]-- SCRIPT FOR SKYPE WITH GENE YANG -- IF YOU ARE SPEAKING, PLEASE REVIEW BEFORE MONDAY!**
 * [[file:ABC Vocab List.doc]] -- ABC VOCABULARY WORDS**
 * [[file:ABC Vocabulary SmartBoard.pdf]] -- Vocabulary definitions and drawings from the SmartBoard**
 * [[file:ABC Activity One.doc]] -- ABC Activity from Mon 9/12**

**CLICK HERE TO SEE EXAMPLES TO PROVIDE YOU WITH CONTEXT FOR THE REFERENCES YANG MADE IN THE SKYPE AND IN THIS ARTICLE.**
 * GENE YANG ON STEREOTYPES**

1. What do you take away from Yang's blog entry? 2. How do you answer the question, "Does acknowledging a stereotype perpetuate it?" Again, write in complete sentences. You may type or handwrite neatly.
 * QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ABOUT GENE YANG ON STEREOTYPES ARTICLE (TYPE OR NEATLY HANDWRITE. __WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!__)**



**Monkey Links:**
[|Monkey Kingdom -- Gene Yang's tribute to the Monkey King] The Monkey King: Journey to the West retold by Aaron Sheppard [|Monkey's World -- from the website for the opera Monkey Journey to the West] [|Monkey Journey to the West's myspace page] [|A Middle School Curriculum on the Monkey King] [|Monkey King at Encyclopedia Mythica] [|Take the quiz -- which character from Journey to the West are you?]


 * **CLICK HERE FOR SOME OUTSTANDING MONKEY KING GLOGS!****
 * **CLICK HERE FOR SOME OUTSTANDING MONKEY KING COMICS!****

ABC and Yang Links:
[|Comics and Other Stuff by Gene Yang] [|The Blog of Gene Luen Yang] [|Gene Luen Yang at First Second Books] [|Gene Yang, Guest Blogger at First Second Books] [|American Born Chinese at First Second Books] [|Asian American Comics: Gene Yang Archives] [|YALSA Podcast #18 - Interview with Gene Yang]

[|Growing Up Chinese American, Graphically Interview with Gene Yang on NPR's The Bryant Park Project] [|The Trades Interview with Gene Yang] [|The Cybils 2008 Interview with Gene Yang] [|Sequential Tart Interview with Gene Yang] [|Life, Religion, & Making Comics: Gene Yang's American Born Chinese at comicon.com] [|The Second Life of Gene Yang at Asia Pacific Arts (UCLA Asia Institute)] [|Recording of USM's 2007 Conversation with Gene Yang]

**Gene Yang has a NEW book out!**
Click here for a comic strip that explains the origins of the story in Level Up. Super cool -- and super relatable, I bet. An interview with Gene Yang on Level Up in Publishers Weekly Review of Level Up in The New York Times (that's big time!) A review of Level Up on BoingBoing Gene Yang at Comic Con 2011! Did you hear about the whole "Tiger Mom" debate? "On Asian Parenting: 'Level Up' Seeks Middle Ground" Gene Yang published a short graphic novel in the Funny Pages of //The New York Times//! It's about a boy who isn't very happy when his baby sister is born... Check it out here. The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim The Daily Cross Hatch Interview with Gene Yang Graphic Novel Reporter Interview with Gene Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
 * Level Up by Gene Luen Yang**

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[|Gene Yang on Stereotypes] Click here for some context for Gene Yang on Stereotypes Click here for your assignment on Gene Yang on Stereotypes: "Does Acknowledging a Stereotype Perpetuate It?" Another perspective to consider: [|Are Positive Stereotypes Racist, Too? on NPR] Click here to read Gene Yang's take on //The Last Airbender//, which cast all Caucasian actors to play Asian characters. A very recent example of insensitivity toward Asian-Americans: The Fox Sports "The College Experience" situation.

**More important links for ABC:**
Meng's Mother Moved Three Times, the traditional Chinese tale Jin's mother tells him as they move to their new home. Mencius's Mother Cut Threads on the Loom Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Mencius Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Confucius Wikipedia entry on Mencius The Works of Mencius "Mencius and his Mother: A Lesson Drawn from Weaving" Wikipedia article on the Mid-Autumn Festival

Comics Links:
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Gorillaz's stage musical "Monkey: Journey to the West"
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Gene Yang in UC Berkley's Story Hour in the Library
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Gene Yang at Comic Com 2011!
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Monkey and ABC Videos:
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