The National Women's History Museum provides a plan designed to accompany their online CyberExhibit, Chinese American Women; a History of Resilience and Resistance. After examining a series of primary and secondary source documents, individuals adopt the voice of a Chinese-American woman and using information gleaned from the resource, craft a letter from her perspective

Concepts

famous women, women's history, women's history month, chinese culture, chinese immigration, chinese history

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• If all class members have computer access, consider flipping the activity and having learners read the source out of class before returning for discussion
• Use the resource as part of a unit study of women's rights, of immigration policy, or Chinese American history

Classroom Considerations

• A protocol must be in place for the safe, respectful discussion of sensitive issues
• Preview the entire resource and carefully consider the composition of your class before deciding to use the resource
• Requires individual computer access 
• If student access to computers is not available, the Cyber Exhibit may be printed; however, the document is very long and the cost of printing may be prohibitive

 

Pros

• Resources include images, primary source documents, and background information about immigration laws
• Provides 12 character summaries for the letter writing assignment

Cons

• No rubric is provided for the letter writing assignment

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.11-12.1 W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.3.b W.9-10.3.c W.9-10.3.d W.9-10.3.e W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.3.b W.11-12.3.c W.11-12.3.d W.11-12.3.e