AAS 205 Assignments [Spring 2001]

Research Paper Due May16/17

Written Assignments with Due Dates
I-Hotel Film Review Questions
Lau v. Nichols/Bilingual Education Assignment

General Asian American History TimelineSource: Sucheng Chan, Asian Americans, an Interpretive History, ©1991, Twayne Publishers, Boston.

Chinese American Timeline

Japanese American Timeline

READINGS, ETC.:

Week 1 [1/28-2/2] – Overview; the birth and constant struggle for Asian American Studies/Ethnic Studies; the Third World Strike and its aftermath; Social movements and Social Change [4c’s]

On Strike SF State 1968/69 - film [20 minutes]

[Section 4 only – Peter Kiang on the history and future of AAS; August Espiritu on the AA student movement]

The U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, & Amendments

Week 2 [2/5-2/9] – Racism and the US Constitution; Civil Liberties/Civil Rights; Patterns/Themes for AAS 205 [Exclusion/Subordination/Resistance & Ancheta’s racial themes]; Defining racism

Ancheta - Introduction

Week 3 [2/12-2/16] – Day of Remembrance 2001; The JA Internment: Institutionalized Racism/Racial Oppression & Resistance; The courts and API communities; PACE presentations

Film: Unfinished Business [Steven Okazaki - 1984] [60 minutes]

Ancheta - Chapter One

Chapter Three - pp. 62-74

Week 4 [2/19 holiday - 2/20-2/23] – The courts and API communities; racialization;

NO CLASS Monday 2/19.

Ancheta - Chapter 3 - finish

Ancheta - Chapter 2

First Written Assignments Due

Information on citing references and sources