Chinese Americans Trunk
Overview:
This trunk provides artifacts and lesson plans for helping students develop a greater understanding of what it means to be a Chinese American. Through journal entries written by a peer, students learn about cultural values and traditions as well as issues of prejudice and stereotypes. This unit would be an excellent introduction to a unit on immigration as there are many parallels that could be drawn to other immigrant groups throughout history as well as the students own lives.

Materials In Trunk:

• Teacher Guide:  Chinese Americans:  Culture, History, and Identity by Jennifer Lui
• The Chinese American Family Album, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
  
• Chinese in Minnesota, Sherri Gebert Fuller
  
• Gung Hay Fat Choy, June Behrens
  
• Moonbeams, Dumplings, and Dragon Boats, Nina Simonds and Leslie Swarz
  
• Chinese Americans, Barbara Lee Bloom
  
• Fifth Chinese Daughter, Jade Snow Wong
  
• Coolies, Yin
  
• CHINA, Lynn Mucciacciaro and Barb Borer-Wendy Lascka
  
• Moon Cake/Chinese New Year Study Prints, Asian American Study Prints
  
• Timeline:  400 Years of History of Chinese in theAmericas
• In Movement:  A Pitctorial History of Asian America by Visual Communications
• 2 Ching Ming Overheads
  
• Stencil Kit
  
• 2 small, red envelopes (Hung Pao)
  
• 2 new years cards
  
• Hell note money
  
• 1  lantern
  
• Kitchen God plaque