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Agenda Reading Journal 1 America is in the Heart Homework

Reading Journal 1 Grading: If you have already posted the journal you get full credit. Everyone who posted the journals did a good job. I hope that you were able to talk to people to try to piece together the stories. See me after class if you have not yet posted the journal.

Reading Journal 1 Movement across national borders is common to almost all of the journals. The majority of people in this class had families in formerly-colonized countries. –One exception is China. However, China’s social structure and economic relationships resembled other places that were colonized, including Vietnam, Korea, India, and the Philippines. A tiny ruling class (political and economic elites) who are more accountable to elites from other countries than they are to the people in their own country. A tiny group of big landlords. A small group focused on domestic production. A small group of professionals, civil servants, and medium-sized business owners. A large group of laborers and small merchants. The overwhelming majority of the people involved in agriculture (peasants).

Reading Journal 1 In some ways, AIH describes the world of your grandparents/great-grandparents. –The novel is by someone of their generation. –However, the story is told from the perspective of someone from the working class who has a peasant background.

America is in the Heart Part One: 3-93 Part Two: Part Three: Part Four: Finish up to the end of Part Two by Thursday

Questions for AIH Part I Write down the page numbers for the pages that are relevant for answering the following questions. How did the narrator’s family lose their land? What caused the narrator to travel abroad? What lead the narrator to come to the US? What circumstances (political, legal, economic) enabled the narrator to travel? What expectations did the narrator have before he moved to the US?

America is in the Heart Take about five minutes to collect your thoughts on America is in the Heart. Flip through the part you have read, and if you have not finished Part I then flip through the part of Part I that you have not read. Stick to Part I. We will begin to discuss Part II Thursday. An example: 26, 58 Write down page numbers for passages you have questions about. Try to put the question into words, and write it down. We will break into groups in a few minutes to discuss your questions.

America is in the Heart Break up into groups of about five. Have one or two people in your group volunteer passages and questions to open up to the class. For some of you, your questions might be answered in your small groups and it will not be necessary to bring the question to the whole class. Type the page number and question for your group on the next slide.

America is in the Heart Why did the narrator stop going to school for the first time? 49 What is the narrator’s opinion of his life as a peasant pgs. 38,65 What is Allos’ fathers opinion of education? Pg22 What motivate Allo’s to leave his home and his family behind? Pg Why was Macario the only one able to finish school? Pg. 15 Is there a similarity when the narrator is told that something precious was lost? Pg 51

Questions for AIH Part II Write down the page numbers for the pages that are relevant for answering the following questions. What is the narrator’s opinion of other Filipinos? This is a very complicated question. What is “America” to the narrator? Again, this is very complicated. What is the narrator’s opinion of non-Filipinos in the US?

Homework Finish Part One and Part Two of America is in the Heart before Thursday. See me if you have not posted your reading journal or if you have not finished your travel narrative.