Resources for American Born Chinese Final Project & Extra Credit Blogging Opportunity

Students,

This week we begin working on American Born Chinese final projects.  If you are doing a research project on the Monkey King or Chin-Kee and stereotypes, please check out the resources below.  Students who are interested in learning more about Gene Yang might also want to explore these links.

**Extra Credit opportunity - This week you will not be required to blog so that you can spend more time working on your final projects. If you would like to complete a blog post you may blog about a TeenBiz article of your choice on your blog.  Please provide a summary of the article that lists the main points and your response to it: What are your thoughts, opinions, questions, and reactions to the reading? You could also do more research about the topic and inform the class about what you learned.  To find an article of interest to you, use the search function on TeenBiz.  Minimum two paragraphs.

The Monkey King

• Gene Yang's helpful website on the Monkey King: Humble Comics

Chin Kee

• Radio show about Chinese stereotypes in Hollywood: Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?
• Interview with Gene Yang on why he created Chin Kee
• Webquest that details prevalent stereotypes in the ABC

When taking notes on your reading research, whether online or in your book, make sure to keep track of page numbers and sources!  Use a graphic organizer like this one:

Evidence or Examples	Page number or source
Suzy says, "Today when Timmy called me a...a chink, I realized...deep down inside...I kind of feel like that all the time"	ABC (188).