Joy Luck Club Cultural Background
Bev Brenneise
Introduction
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Objectives
Activities
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Objectives                                      
Instructional Objectives

After completing activity 1, students will 

  • be able to gather data from various Internet sources.
  • be able to draw a map of China freehand and place where certain cities are located.
  • know the location of the cities/towns where various characters lived in China.
  • understand and recognize how the names of certain cities/towns in China have changed since World War II. 
  • be able to locate China on a world map and know its approximate size and shape.
After completing activity 2, students will
  • be able to gather data from various Internet sources.
  • be able to synthesize information about China's surrounding countries, its main cities, its predominant religions, its philosophical influences, and its primary exportations.
  • analyze information about China's population and its impact on the country.
  • write a news article that integrates information from different sources.
After completing activity 3, students will
  • be able to gather data from various Internet sources.
  • be able to analyze reasons why Chinese immigrated to California in the 1800's.
  • identify several ways in which Chinese were discriminated against during early California history.
  • identify several ways in which early Chinese (in California) impacted our society.
  • identify several ways in which Chinese immigrants influenced local history (around Sacramento, California).
  • write a news article that integrates information from different sources.
After completing activity 4, students will 
  • be able to gather data from various Internet sources.
  • identify China's political position during World War II.
  • identify several ways in which people in China were mistreated by the Japanese during World War II.
  • analyze why many people--including the mothers in the novel, The Joy Luck Club--left China following World War II.
  • write an expository essay which explores wartime difficulties of the people in China during World War II and speculates on the varied reasons why the mothers from The Joy Luck Club left China after the war, immigrating to the United States.

 Roseville High School
Bev Brenneise
601 Tahoe Ave., Roseville, CA 95678
bbrenneise@rjuhsd.k12.ca.us
Last Revised: 05/05/2001