Asian American Social Movements:
Strategies for Community Education

Asian American Studies M116; class ticket number: 121-701-200
(also cross-listed: LBR & WS M116; class ticket number: 242-396-200)

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Political Tours of Communities (due by Fri., Feb. 18)

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  • Website: Political Tour of Koreatown By Joyce Choi, Simon Kang, Tammy Kim, Hannah Lee, Ko Ogawa, Grace Su, Jay Won, and Sungkyu Yun
  • Little Tokyo Political Tour By Alex Chalaganyan, Carolyn Chan, Gloria Chan, Justin Drury, Van Hoang, Eric Imoto, Kenne Kubo, Tatiana Kwok, Trinh Le, Heather Lee, Virginia Lin, Kyle Low, Justin Miyamoto, Karin Miyazaki, Huong Nguyen, Triet Vo, and Davy Xu
  • Chinatown Political Tour By Mike Chow, Danny Lim, Sinny Thai, Gloria Chan, Kydah Dang, Johnathan Lin, Diana Ngo-Vuong, and David Nguyen

Assignments

Assignment 1: "Autobiography & History" (due by Friday, Jan. 14)

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  • Diana Ngo-Vuong, "We Are Part of History in the Making"
  • Second-Generation Korean American, "Creating a New History for Future Generations of Asian Americans"
  • Justin Miyamoto, "History Can Have Multiple Effects on One's Life"
  • Christopher San Nicolas, "My History Is Not Just My History"
  • Hannah Lee, "The Need for Culturally and Socially Literate Asian Americans"
  • Gloria Chan, "We Still Have a Long Way to Go to Make Our Place in America"
  • Peter Flores, "Learning to Accept Other Cultures While Simultaneously Accepting My Own"
  • Trinh Le, "War Is the Reason I Am Here Today"
  • Karin Miyazaki, "I Have an Identity of Intersecting Layers"
  • Huong Nguyen, "Asian American Studies Legitimizes My Existence"

Assignment 2: How Do People Learn (and Teach)? (due by Friday, Jan. 14)

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  • Sample essay for Assignment 2:
    Glenn Omatsu, "Expanding the Ways That We Can Learn and Teach Asian American Studies: A Self-Exploration"
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  • Huong Nguyen, "What We Know Is Not Necessarily the Ultimate Answer"
  • Diana Ngo-Vuong, "Traditional vs. Nontraditional Learning"
  • Justin Miyamoto, "Taking Ownership of Our Studies"
  • Peter Flores, "Education Became My Education"
  • Tatiana Kwok,Trinh Le, and Karin Miyazaki, "Learning to Learn by Doing"

Assignment 3: Creating Community-based and Holistic Strategies for Teaching Asian American Studies (due by Friday, Jan. 21 )

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  • Tatiana Kwok, Trinh Le, and Karin Miyazaki, "Bringing Asian American Studies to Our Community"

Assignment 4: Learning New Approaches to Asian American Studies from Teachers in Our Communities (due by Friday, Feb. 25)

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  • David Nguyen, "Worker Rights at Assi Market"
  • Trinh Le, "Music and Art Express Our Voices: Chinatown's 'Double Standard' Lunar New Year Event"
  • Kyle Low, "The Power of Music: 'Double Standard' Lunar New Year Event in Chinatown"

Assignment 5: Brainstorming Ideas for a Carnival of a New (Old) Type (due by Friday, Jan. 28)

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  • Kyle Low, Diana Ngo-Vuong, and Kydah Dang, "Carnival Activity:  How College Students Can Learn about the Immigrant World"

Assignment 6: "Student Leadership Training" (due by Mon., Jan. 31)

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Assignment 7: "Learning How to Help Others Become Authors and Poets" (due by Fri., Feb. 4)

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  • Kyle Low, Diana Ngo-Vuong, Heather Lee, and Sinny Thai, "Mind, Body, Spirit, Action"
  • Trinh Le, "Our Teachers: A Poem"

Assignment 8: "Brainstorming More Ideas for Carnival Activities" (due by Fri., Feb. 11 )

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  • Anne Ly and Judy Luong, "Brainstorming Carnival Activities: Our Trip to the 99 Cents Store"

Assignment 9: Brainstorming Even More Ideas for Carnival Activities (due by Fri., Feb. 11 )

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