Fall 2008 Schedule—
Subject to change
Below is the
current daily class schedule for Fall 2008. Days of the week are in the left
column, class topics are in the center column, and work to prepare for the
following class is in the right column. You are responsible for being current
with the schedule. In addition, if you are confused, it is your responsibility
to get clarification from me or a peer. Missing due dates because you were
confused about the schedule is not an excuse.
Remember to check Blackboard for
assignments and work everyday. Just because we're meeting in class does not
mean that there's an absence of reading or work on Blackboard.
September 22 – 26: Intro to Asian American Studies
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
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Monday |
Intro |
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Tuesday |
Syllabus
Test due at 8pm |
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Wednesday |
Read
Takaki preface (pages xi-xv) and chapter 1 (pages 3-18)
Blog response #1 due
at 8pm
Pre-test due at 8pm
|
|
Thursday |
Read
AAS introduction (pages xiii-xxiv) |
|
Friday |
Wing Luke
Project
Fieldwork Project
Blog #2 due Monday at 8am |
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September 29 – October 3: Hawai’i
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
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Monday |
Historical/Cultural Background of Hawai’i |
|
Tuesday |
Read
Takaki chapter 4 (pages 132-176); Read AAS chapter 2 (pages
21-34) |
|
Wednesday |
Plantations |
|
Thursday |
Plantations |
|
Friday |
Plantations |
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October 6 – 10: First Wave to the Coast
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Blog #3 due at 8am
Early Chinese
Immigration
Read
AAS chapter 1 (pages 3-20); chapter 4 (pages 47-66) |
|
Tuesday |
Early Chinese
Immigration Read Takaki pages
21-42, chapter 3 (pages 79-131), chapter 5 (pages 230-269) |
|
Wednesday |
Early Chinese Immigration |
|
Thursday |
Early Japanese
Immigration Read
Takaki pages 42-53, chapter 5 (pages 179-229) |
|
Friday |
Blog #4 due at 8pm
Last day to withdraw from class without "W" on transcript |
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October 13 – 17: First Wave to the Coast
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Early Korean Immigration
Read Takaki pages 53-57,
chapter 7 (pages 270-293) |
|
Tuesday |
First Wave
Chinese, Japanese, Korean; Race |
|
Wednesday |
Race assignment; Early Asian Indian
Immigration Read
Takaki pages 62-65, chapter 8 (pages 294-314) |
|
Thursday |
Read
AAS chapter 3 (pages 35-46) |
|
Friday |
No Classes
– Campus closed for Professional Day |
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October 20 – 24: First Wave to the Coast; The Incarceration
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Early Filipino
Immigration Read Takaki pages
57-62, chapter 9 (pages 315-354) |
|
Tuesday |
First Wave Assignment |
|
Wednesday |
Pearl Harbor;
Aftermath Read
Takaki chapter 10 (pages 357-405) |
|
Thursday |
Causes;
Evacuation Read
AAS chapters 6 & 7 (pages 84-94)
|
|
Friday |
Incarceration; Resistance; 442nd
v. No-No Boys
Read Densho site |
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October 27 – 31: The Incarceration; Post World War II
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Incarceration |
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Tuesday |
Incarceration |
|
Wednesday |
Out of the
Camps; Assimilation; Results;
Redress; JAs and Muslim/Arab Americans
Wing Luke
Project due at 8pm |
|
Thursday |
Blog #5 due at 8pm |
|
Friday |
Midterm |
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November 3 – 7: Second Wave/Post 1965
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Midterm due by 11:59pm |
|
Tuesday |
Post World War II; "Flood of
Immigrants"; Disparity between the waves
Read AAS chapter 12 (pages
141-157); Read Takaki pages 406-420) |
|
Wednesday |
Second
Wave Read Takaki pages
420-448 |
|
Thursday |
Refugees and the Vietnam War
Read Takaki pages 448-471; Read AAS
chapter 21 (pages 290-305) |
|
Friday |
Read Takaki pages 472-484; Read AAS
chapter 13 (pages 158-163) |
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November 10 – 14: Second Wave; Anti-Asian Violence
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Blog #6 due at 8pm
Model
Minority & Race
Read AAS chapter
15 (pages 199-208) and chapter 18 (pages 247-254) |
|
Tuesday |
No
Classes
– Campus closed for Veterans Day |
|
Wednesday |
Identity |
|
Thursday |
Read
AAS chapter 14 (pages 164-196) and chapter 26 (pages 363-378) |
|
Friday |
The Face of the
Enemy; Perpetual Scapegoats Who Killed
Vincent Chin?
Assignment |
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November 17 – 21: Anti-Asian Violence; Gender & Sexuality
|
Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Who Killed
Vincent Chin?
Assignment due at 8pm |
|
Tuesday |
Korean
Americans and African Americans; Sa-i-gu;
African Americans & AAPIs
Read pages Takaki pages 492-497 |
|
Wednesday |
Read AAS chapter 20 (pages
270-289) and chapter 27 (pages 379-390) |
|
Thursday |
Read
AAS chapter 23 (pages 324-337) |
|
Friday |
Read AAS chapter
25 (pages 354-361) |
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November 24 – 28: Media & Stereotypes
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Blog #7
due at 8pm Media
Stereotypes; AAPIs and
Sexuality;
Slaying the Dragon
TV
Assignment |
|
Tuesday |
Stereotypes |
|
Wednesday |
Appropriation,
Stereotypes Last
day to officially withdraw from class, "W" on transcript |
|
Thursday |
No
Classes
– Campus closed for Thanksgiving |
|
Friday |
No
Classes
– Campus closed for Thanksgiving |
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December 1 – 5: Heritage & Hapas
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
|
Monday |
Fieldwork
Project due
|
|
Tuesday |
Read
Takaki pages 502-508; Read AAS chapter 19 (pages 255-269) |
|
Wednesday |
Heritage,
Authenticity, and Hapas/Transracial Adoptees |
|
Thursday |
Blog #8
due at 8pm |
|
Friday |
Final Prep |
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December 8 – 12: Finals
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Class Day |
Topics, Assignments |
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Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Final due by 8pm |
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Friday |
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